(meteorobs) Tunguska bolide & Beta taurid stream

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• From: "exceld77" <excel@sioldot net>
• Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:12:40 +0200
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I just saw on Discovery Arthur Clarke's mysterious world (I know it should not be regarded as a real scientific programme, but still) the episode on Tunguska explosion. In the end, he links it to the Beta Taurid stream as the most probable source of the meteoroid. This somewhat contradicts what I've read. Some sources say that the meteoroid was actually a 50-m asteroid from the Apollo family, others say it was a mini-comet. Which do you favour and which is now accepted to be true?

Clear Skies

Jure


P.S. - I know I've posted quite a lot of questions in a short time, hope you don't mind.
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