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Re: (meteorobs) Tunguska bolide & Beta taurid stream
I have Cosmos by Sagan right next to me, and it also links the Tunguska
event to a significant piece of Comet Encke that was traveling with the Beta
Taurid stream. The book goes on: "A comet would explain the lack of pieces
of an asteroid at the crash site and the large # of diamonds (diamonds are
known to exist in meteorites that survive impact).
Scoser
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From: "exceld77" <excel@sioldot net>
Reply-To: meteorobs@jovian.com
To: <meteorobs@latrade.com>
Subject: (meteorobs) Tunguska bolide & Beta taurid stream
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:12:40 +0200
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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