[meteorite-list] Russian Scientists Says Tunguska Event Was A Comet

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Aug 31 13:27:25 2006
Message-ID: <200608311724.KAA13015_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/2610/

Scientists Admit Tunguska Meteorite Was A Comet
Russi InfoCentre
August 31, 2006

Tunguska cosmic body (TCB) was a comet, containing organic matter, says
Russian scientist, the fellow of Troitsk Institute of Innovative and
Thermonuclear Research.
      
The scientist reports that the TCB was a comet, containing organic
matter, which was heated after entering Earth's atmosphere, and organic
matter started decomposing intensively and emitting carbon dioxide.
      
The scientist also showed the results of chemical analysis of
particles found in wood and soil - their composition reminded that of
the Halley's comet, studied by means of "Vega" spaceship.
      
The scientists are still unable to perform total identification of
the TCB chemical composition, but they are sure that some
high-temperature process (an explosion) had definitely taken place.
Received on Thu 31 Aug 2006 01:24:36 PM PDT