The latest consensus is that the asteroid was roughly 10–15 kilometers (6–9 miles) in diameter, with a Chicxulub-scale impact crater about 180 kilometers (112 miles) across . Estimates over the past few years have generally converged around this size range, though exact dimensions depend on the specifics of the impact and crater reconstruction .[7]
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