Record meteorite hits Norway

"we can compare it to the Hiroshima bomb" ???????

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/lo...cle1346411.ece

Les

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Lester typed:
"we can compare it to the Hiroshima bomb" ???????

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/lo...cle1346411.ece


First I've heard about it due to our news blackout that only allows football
related topics to be broadcast.

Jo

Lester wrote:
"we can compare it to the Hiroshima bomb" ???????

Well of course, they could compare a banger to "the Hiroshima bomb" if
they wanted. I don't think it could have released 15KT at impact without
there being a bloody big hole in the landscape, instead of a rather
large "estimated impact zone".

Steve wrote in news:44905a10$0$30713
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Lester wrote:
"we can compare it to the Hiroshima bomb" ???????

Well of course, they could compare a banger to "the Hiroshima bomb" if
they wanted. I don't think it could have released 15KT at impact without
there being a bloody big hole in the landscape, instead of a rather
large "estimated impact zone".


A much larger airburst noted at Tunguska June 30 1908 was estimated to have
yielded 10-15 MT. No hole of any sort left in the ground.

Klazmon.

Llanzlan Klazmon wrote:

A much larger airburst noted at Tunguska June 30 1908 was estimated to have
yielded 10-15 MT. No hole of any sort left in the ground.

Isn't that because Tunguska wasn't explored until quite a few years
afterwards, and it was a swamp.

Steve

Although investigations on the ground didn't take place for several years,
the trees showed a classic "air burst" fingerprint. i.e. knocked flat all
around, pointing away from the blast, but in the centre they were damaged,
but still standing vertically. No "crater" or signs of significant ground
impacts were ever found. The pattern of flatterned trees had a rough
butterfly shape caused by the shaping of the blast wave due to the
trajectory of the object as it exploded. I seem to remember a very
comprhensive TV documentary about the Tunguska event many years aog? Maybe
it was the BBC's "Horizon" back in the days when it was a quality programme?


Very best wishes and clear, dark skies.

--

Paul B, York, UK.

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www.yorkastro.co.uk
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"Steve Taylor" wrote in message
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Llanzlan Klazmon wrote:

A much larger airburst noted at Tunguska June 30 1908 was estimated to
have yielded 10-15 MT. No hole of any sort left in the ground.

Isn't that because Tunguska wasn't explored until quite a few years
afterwards, and it was a swamp.

Steve