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Cometary nature of the 1908 Tunguska cosmic body

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2010

F. S. Ibodov ,
S. S. Grigorian  and
S. Ibadov
F. S. Ibodov
Affiliation:
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, emails [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
S. S. Grigorian
Affiliation:
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, emails [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
S. Ibadov
Affiliation:
Institute of Astrophysics, Dushanbe, Tajikistan email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The cometary nature of the 1908 Tunguska cosmic body is compatible with the predictions of an analytical theory of the 1908 Tunguska explosion developed in 1976–1979. The theory takes into account the three simultaneously occurring processes, namely aerodynamic destruction of the cosmic body in the Earth's atmosphere, transversal expansion of the crushed mass under the action of pressure gradient on the frontal surface of the body, and an aerodynamic deceleration of crushed expanding mass. The use, for the mechanical parameters of the Tunguska cosmic body, of the characteristics of a cometary nuclei such as that of comet Halley 1986 III and comet Shoemaker – Levy 9 1994, gives parameters of the Tunguska explosion derived from observations of Tunguska event in the Siberian taiga in 1908.

Keywords

comets: generalflares: comet nucleiplanetary atmospheresaerodynamic destructiontransversal expansionTunguska explosion
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S263: Icy Bodies of the Solar System , August 2009 , pp. 269 - 271
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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