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The object itself is a '' 2005 near Albany in south-west Western Australia {Link without Title} .) When used in the first sense, the bolide may explode either on Impact with the Earth's surface or at a low altitude above it, creating a large Impact Crater . It is a generic term that does not imply the nature of the impacting body, i.e., whether it is a rocky or metallic Meteorite , Asteroid , icy Comet , etc. Some scientists suggest that a glancing collision with a planet about the mass of Mars , called Theia , ca. 4.5 Billion years ago, may have formed the Moon . Since the Chicxulub bolide has been suggested as the cause of the Extinction Event that exterminated the Dinosaur s 65 million years ago, bolides are frequently suggested as causes of major Climate Change s and Mass Extinction s. However, no further bolide-induced extinction events have yet been securely identified. Compare Tollmann's Hypothetical Bolide for an example of bolide speculations in currently popular alternative Geology . Noteworthy bolide impacts include:
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