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Nadir crater: The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was not alone

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A second , smaller space rock smashed into the sea off the coast of West Africa creating a large crater during the same era.

It would have been a 'catastrophic event' causing a tsunami at least 800 m high to tear across the Atlantic ocean.

The Nadir asteroid was about the size of Bennu , which is currently the most hazardous object orbiting near Earth .

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