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The Tungus event, or, The great Siberian meteorite /

Something exploded above Siberia in 1908 and no one is quite sure what? or why. What burned 830 square miles of forest and some 30 million trees on a fine summer's morning? This book combines a hard popular science approach and lively description of the "Tungus event", giving the read...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Engledew, John, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tunguska, 100 years of mystery
  • Meteors, chapter of astronomy
  • Tunguska ground zero
  • The cometary hypotheses and the Taurid meteors
  • Comet Encke
  • The sun, the cosmos and coronal mass ejections
  • Asteroids and the asteroid hypotheses
  • Other explanations and perspectives on the Tungus event.