How large was the meteorite that caused the ice age?
It is believed that a meteorite may have caused the Ice Age. If so it may have been about 1 kilometer wide. One kilometer is 0.621371192 miles. An ice age is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.
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