AstronomyCast Tunguska Event

The Tunguska Event is one of the most fascinating events in the history of meteorite or comet impacts with the Earth. The actual occurrence is still under debate. Scientists do not even know for certain what happened. The general belief is that the meteorite or comet burst before it even made impact with the Earth in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is also believed that the object burst approximately five to ten kilometers from the surface of the Earth, however the size of the object itself is still under debate. The power of the blast is estimated to be between five to thirty megatons of TNT. Although not much is certain about the cause of the event, Leonid Kulik, Yevgeny Krinov, Kirill Florensky, Nikolai Vladimirovich Vasiliev, and Wilhelm Fast are some of the most famous scientists who have researched it.