Experimental hints on the fragmentation of the Tunguska Cosmic body
Abstract
It has been found that in the resin of trees that have survived the Tunguska catastrophe, the quantity of microsized particles trapped at the moment of the event varies markedly from one site to another. The high density of particles found in the trees close to the epicentre may be an experimental point in favour of the fragmentation model recently developed for the Tunguska body.
- Publication:
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Planetary and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- September 1994
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0032-0633(94)90120-1
- Bibcode:
- 1994P&SS...42..777S
- Keywords:
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- Fragmentation;
- Meteorite Collisions;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Tungusk Meteorite;
- Chemical Composition;
- Meteorite Craters;
- Morphology;
- Particle Density (Concentration);
- Astrophysics