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Chicxulub crater

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 6, 2022 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  08:29, 9 September 2022 (UTC)



The Chicxulub Crater is an impact crater buried underneath the Mexican Yucatán Peninsula, with its center located near the town of Chicxulub. The crater is over 180 kilometers (110 mi) in diameter, making it one of the largest confirmed impact structures in the world; the asteroid or comet whose impact formed the crater was at least 10 km (6 mi) in diameter. The crater was named for the town, as well as for the Maya translation of the name: "tail of the devil". It was discovered by geophysicists looking for oil in the late 1970s. The impact structure is from the late Cretaceous Period, roughly 66 million years ago. The impact associated with the crater is implicated in causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, but some critics do not agree that the impact was the sole reason for their extinction. A 2021 study stated that the impactor likely originated in the outer main part of the asteroid belt.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Caroline Island is a geography article that will run Sept. 2
 * Main editors: was the FAC nominator,  and  received a FASA for the FAR save.
 * Promoted: Dec. 4, 2007, FAR as "Kept" July 30, 2022.
 * Reasons for nomination: Level 5 vital article, Latin America is generally underrepresented at TFA. This article cross-sections a lot of topics like Astronomy, Geography, and Paleontology. This would be a TFA rerun, last run was 2008. I chose a different image from its original run because I think it would be cool to have a gif as the TFA image. The blurb is reused from 2012, but with some cuts as it was too long.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 18:57, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment: Chicxulub crater doesn't seem to support the last sentence in the blurb. Thanks for suggesting this as a rerun; good choice. - Dank (push to talk) 02:31, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * You are correct, . I updated the last line. Thoughts? Z1720 (talk) 02:17, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. David, you were the nominator, does that work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 03:12, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Pinging again, in case the ping didn't work: . - Dank (push to talk) 17:46, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry, forgot. I think it's fine. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 18:17, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks David ... several pings of mine weren't working and I wasn't sure why. - Dank (push to talk) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:36, 27 August 2022 (UTC)