Randall Carlson

to deposit, to carry that much iridium into the Earth's, you know, into the Terra sphere and deposit it. And their calculations led to an asteroid about six miles in diameter, which interestingly was the same size as that speculated by Otto Muck for the impact at the, would have been the Younger Dryas, roughly boundary in there. Now, that didn't, I don't think that happened. Why?

Because, well, if a six-mile asteroid had hit the Earth 12,000 years ago, I don't think we'd be here now. You know, we would have been wiped out. Mankind would have become extinct along with, you know. At least three quarters of other species. The KT boundary, three quarters of all species, terrestrial and marine, went extinct. So it was a major, major event. Even if it hit the ice?

Because, well, if a six-mile asteroid had hit the Earth 12,000 years ago, I don't think we'd be here now. You know, we would have been wiped out. Mankind would have become extinct along with, you know. At least three quarters of other species. The KT boundary, three quarters of all species, terrestrial and marine, went extinct. So it was a major, major event. Even if it hit the ice?

Because, well, if a six-mile asteroid had hit the Earth 12,000 years ago, I don't think we'd be here now. You know, we would have been wiped out. Mankind would have become extinct along with, you know. At least three quarters of other species. The KT boundary, three quarters of all species, terrestrial and marine, went extinct. So it was a major, major event. Even if it hit the ice?

Well, there was probably not ice at the KT boundary. We're talking 66 million years ago.

Well, there was probably not ice at the KT boundary. We're talking 66 million years ago.

Well, there was probably not ice at the KT boundary. We're talking 66 million years ago.

No. Okay. No. The energy released would have been unbelievably catastrophic.

No. Okay. No. The energy released would have been unbelievably catastrophic.

No. Okay. No. The energy released would have been unbelievably catastrophic.

No, but I think we may have had pieces that were up to half a kilometer or more in diameter. Okay. Given, given some of the, the, the, the melting rates and stuff, I think. And, and where I'm trying to come up with now is I'm leaning towards thinking there may have been several episodes of bombardment coming out of the ice age.

No, but I think we may have had pieces that were up to half a kilometer or more in diameter. Okay. Given, given some of the, the, the, the melting rates and stuff, I think. And, and where I'm trying to come up with now is I'm leaning towards thinking there may have been several episodes of bombardment coming out of the ice age.

No, but I think we may have had pieces that were up to half a kilometer or more in diameter. Okay. Given, given some of the, the, the, the melting rates and stuff, I think. And, and where I'm trying to come up with now is I'm leaning towards thinking there may have been several episodes of bombardment coming out of the ice age.

you know, like those two extreme spikes that we saw could have both been impact events. And this is, this is not implausible because if you have a large comet that's captured into a sub Jovian orbit, meaning it's, you know, this ping cosmic ping pong between Jupiter and the sun and it's disintegrating, what it's doing is it's, it's,

you know, like those two extreme spikes that we saw could have both been impact events. And this is, this is not implausible because if you have a large comet that's captured into a sub Jovian orbit, meaning it's, you know, this ping cosmic ping pong between Jupiter and the sun and it's disintegrating, what it's doing is it's, it's,

you know, like those two extreme spikes that we saw could have both been impact events. And this is, this is not implausible because if you have a large comet that's captured into a sub Jovian orbit, meaning it's, you know, this ping cosmic ping pong between Jupiter and the sun and it's disintegrating, what it's doing is it's, it's,

littering its orbit with the debris, the byproducts of that disintegration. Well, if it's a shorter period comet, it's going to be laying close to the ecliptic, which is Earth's orbital plane. So that creates the potential for Earth to cross a band across the debris stream. Like right now, we cross, for example, the torrid meteor stream twice each year.

littering its orbit with the debris, the byproducts of that disintegration. Well, if it's a shorter period comet, it's going to be laying close to the ecliptic, which is Earth's orbital plane. So that creates the potential for Earth to cross a band across the debris stream. Like right now, we cross, for example, the torrid meteor stream twice each year.

littering its orbit with the debris, the byproducts of that disintegration. Well, if it's a shorter period comet, it's going to be laying close to the ecliptic, which is Earth's orbital plane. So that creates the potential for Earth to cross a band across the debris stream. Like right now, we cross, for example, the torrid meteor stream twice each year.

One time it peaked right around late October, early November. Interestingly, right around Halloween. And that is the fall time torrids. And during that episode, when Earth crosses the stream, and you actually look up the stream, you're looking out towards the constellation of Taurus, the bull. That's why it's called the Taurids.