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SYMHC Classics: Tunguska Event

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Tunguska Event

In november 19 78, l kreza published a paper asserting that the cause of the tunguska event had been a fragment of the comet anca. Because comets are made primarily of ice and not rock, this idea explained why there would be no impact debris ever recovered from the sight. It would have just evaporated in the atmosphere. In two thousand seven italian scientist put forth another reason why no impact crater had ever been discovered. The lake in question, lake checo, is, according to the italian team, unrecorded before the tungUSka event. And it has an unusual funnel like shape to its bed that made the team think it could

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