Neraka Dante mungkin gambarkan dampak asteroid kuno, menurut studi

Penelitian baru mengusulkan bahwa karya Dante Alighieri abad ke-14, Inferno, berisi deskripsi awal tentang asteroid raksasa yang menghantam Bumi. Timothy Burbery dari Marshall University berpendapat bahwa puisi tersebut menggambarkan sosok Iblis sebagai penabrak kosmik yang membentuk ulang planet ini. Interpretasi tersebut menghubungkan elemen sastra dengan pemahaman modern tentang dampak meteor.

Burbery membandingkan jatuhnya Iblis dalam Divine Comedy dengan tabrakan berkecepatan tinggi di Belahan Bumi Selatan. Kekuatan tersebut dikatakan telah membentuk sembilan lingkaran Neraka sebagai kawah raksasa sekaligus mendorong munculnya Gunung Purgatory di sisi berlawanan dari bola dunia. Ia menarik kesamaan dengan dampak Chicxulub yang mengakhiri zaman dinosaurus serta objek antarbintang Oumuamua.

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