Huge meteorites make the Earth hot to 2,300 degrees Celsius

A giant meteorite has crashed into the Earth in the past, creating the hottest day in history with temperatures of over 2,300 degrees Celsius.

According to Sputnik, 37 million years ago, a giant meteorite 5 km in diameter once crashed into Earth, in the area of ​​present-day Canada, creating a crater up to 28 km wide.

Giant meteorites that warmed the Earth's surface up to 2,370 degrees Celsius.

Research by a group of Australian, Canadian, Swiss and American scientists determined that the collision caused a large area of ​​the surrounding area to melt at a temperature of about 2,370 degrees Celsius . This record temperature marks the hottest day on Earth.

The scientists came to this conclusion because only at such a high temperature, zircon mineral can melt into cubic zirconia , a diamond-like crystal.

'Never before has anyone used zirconia to measure temperatures in meteorite impact areas,' said Nicholas Timms, who led the study. 'This is the first time we have identified soils on the surface of the Earth that have been so melting'.

The study also emphasized that similar collisions play an important role in the formation of Earth's crust.

The giant meteorite crashed into Earth, creating a crater 28km wide.

According to scientists, minerals often evaporate at high temperatures, making it impossible for rescue workers to determine what happened, in the early days of Earth's formation.

But rare evidence thanks to zircon crystals has clearly "dramatically shortened the gap between hypotheses and the real environment ," the scientists wrote.