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Tunguska event

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The Tunguska event wis a lairge explosion caused bi the impact o a smaa asteroid or comet, which occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in whit is nou Krasnoyarsk Krai, Roushie, at aboot 07:14 KRAT (00:14 UT) on June 30 [O.S. June 17], 1908.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Pasechnik, I. P. Refinement of the moment of explosion of the Tunguska meteorite from the seismic data. – Cosmic Matter and the Earth. Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1986, p. 66 (in Russian).
  2. P. Farinella, L. Foschini, Ch. Froeschlé, R. Gonczi, T. J. Jopek, G. Longo, P. Michel Probable asteroidal origin of the Tunguska Cosmic Body
  3. Trayner, C. Perplexities of the Tunguska meteorite