re: A search for a present-day candidate for the Comet P/Tunguska-1908

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E.P. — 3/20/2009 8:00:54 PM (archived)

Previously it had been thought that the Tunguska impactor was one of the last fragments of Comet Encke.

If I understand this paper correctly (which since my stroke is difficult to do), even dark comets on near miss orbits may become fragmented, and then impact result.

Bad gets worse.

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All you need to know about NEOs - E.P. - 3/18/2009 9:53:32 PM
- re: All you need to know about NEOs - Marsby - 3/20/2009 9:27:23 PM
- Tunguska-1908 and similar events in light of the New Explosive Cosmogony of minor bodies - Socrates II - 3/20/2009 2:34:28 AM
  - A search for a present-day candidate for the Comet P/Tunguska-1908 - Socrates II - 3/20/2009 2:39:09 AM
    - re: A search for a present-day candidate for the Comet P/Tunguska-1908 - E.P. - 3/20/2009 8:00:54 PM
      - It's worse than that... - Adam - 3/22/2009 8:33:59 AM
        
        re: It's worse than that... - E.P. - 3/27/2009 7:26:51 PM

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