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No, Tunguska was an apparent cometary fragment and blew up prior to impact.

ebnelson — 1/9/2002 6:50:32 PM (archived)

I will google for a link to the Kamchatka/Siberian strike in 1947.
Ed

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Another NEA approaches Earth - Stars In My Eyes - 1/9/2002 10:51:51 AM
- We don't even know the frequency of this - ebnelson - 1/9/2002 5:58:07 PM
  - If you're thinking of the Tunguska event in Siberia... - Larry J - 1/9/2002 6:28:42 PM
    - No, Tunguska was an apparent cometary fragment and blew up prior to impact. - ebnelson - 1/9/2002 6:50:32 PM
    - Re: If you're thinking of the Tunguska event in Siberia... - Dean - 1/9/2002 6:34:21 PM
      - Yeah, right - Larry J - 1/9/2002 7:19:22 PM
        
        Re: Yeah, right - LJ - 1/10/2002 5:43:23 PM
        
        Re: At the moment . . . - D. Spires - 1/10/2002 6:40:47 PM
    - Re: If you're thinking of the Tunguska event in Siberia... - Dean - 1/9/2002 6:34:19 PM
      - Here is the strike I was referring to - ebnelson - 1/9/2002 6:56:51 PM
        
        The Problem With A Continuum - Mark Eby - 1/10/2002 3:17:07 PM
        
        And the link...sorry - ebnelson - 1/9/2002 6:57:39 PM
  - what's the frequency Kenneth? - phil - 1/9/2002 6:01:07 PM
    - Thanks, phil - ebnelson - 1/9/2002 6:15:15 PM
- Re: Another NEA approaches Earth - McFly - 1/9/2002 2:31:47 PM

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