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  • Possible Meteorite Fragments from 1908 Tunguska Explosion Found

    05/02/2013 3:39:49 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 21 replies
    universetoday.com ^ | May 2, 2013 | Nancy Atkinson on
    The 1908 explosion over the Tunguska region in Siberia has always been an enigma. While the leading theories of what caused the mid-air explosion are that an asteroid or comet shattered in an airburst event, no reliable trace of such a body has ever been found. But a newly published paper reveals three different potential meteorite fragments found in the sandbars in a body of water in the area, the Khushmo River. While the fragments have all the earmarks of being meteorites from the event – which could potentially solve the 100-year old mystery — the only oddity is that...