Barringer Crater in Arizona was formed when a 300,000-ton asteroid slammed into Earth 50,000 years ago.Which of the following is true about this event?
A) It hit so early that it had little influence on the history of life.
B) This one produced about 150 times the energy of the bomb that hit Hiroshima.
C) Its impact produced a minor crater.
D) Scientists recently disproved that an asteroid impacted our planet just prior to the mass extinctions at the K-T boundary.
E) An asteroid impact releases only minor amounts of energy.

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The Barringer Crater was formed by a 300,000-ton asteroid slamming into Earth, producing about 150 times the energy of the bomb that hit Hiroshima.

Barringer Crater in Arizona Was Formed When a 300,000-Ton Asteroid