2K22 Tunguska - Wikipedia
WEB2K22 Tunguska is a Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and missile system. It is designed to protect infantry and tank regiments against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and cruise missiles.
Tunguska event - Wikipedia
WEBThe Tunguska event was a large explosion of between 3 and 50 megatons that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, on 30 June 1908. The explosion flattened 2,150 km2 of forest, was heard and felt over a wide area, and produced a bright night sky for days.
Tunguska event | Summary, Cause, & Facts | Britannica
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Tunguska event, enormous explosion that occurred at about 7:14 AM on June 30, 1908, at an altitude of 5–10 km (15,000–30,000 feet), flattening some 2,000 square km (500,000 acres) and charring more than 100 square km of pine forest near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in central Siberia, Russia.
The Tunguska explosion rocked Siberia 116 years ago - EarthSky
WEBJun 30, 2024 · The Tunguska event was a powerful atmospheric explosion over Siberia, Russia, with no crater or meteorite fragments. Scientists now believe it was a stony asteroid that broke apart and released...
Meteor that blasted millions of trees in Siberia only 'grazed' Earth ...
WEBMay 26, 2020 · Known as the Tunguska event, the blast flattened more than 80 million trees in seconds, over an area spanning nearly 800 square miles (2,000 square kilometers) — but left no crater. A meteor...
What Is Known (and Not Known) About the Tunguska Event
WEBLearn about the 1908 explosion near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Siberia, Russia, that flattened a vast forest and was visible from hundreds of miles away. Find out what is known and not known about the cause, size, and composition of the object that collided with Earth's atmosphere.
115 Years Ago: The Tunguska Asteroid Impact Event - NASA
WEBJun 30, 2023 · Learn how an asteroid exploded in the atmosphere over Siberia on June 30, 1908, causing massive destruction and shock waves. See photos, maps and historical accounts of the Tunguska event and its scientific expeditions.
The Tunguska Mystery--100 Years Later - Scientific American
WEBJun 30, 2008 · Part of the enduring mystery of the Tunguska event harks back to the stark physical isolation of central Siberia and the political turmoil that raged in Russia during the early 20th century, a...
Tunguska--100 Years Later [Slide Show] - Scientific American
WEBJun 30, 2008 · Exactly 100 years ago today, on the morning of June 30, 1908, Russian villagers near the river Podkamennaya Tunguska in central Siberia reported a dark column of smoke and bright fiery flashes...
For Almost 100 Years, Scientists Puzzled Over The Tunguska Event - Forbes
WEBJun 29, 2019 · In the early morning of June 30, 1908, something exploded in the sky above the Stony Tunguska river in Siberia, flattening estimated 80 million trees across 820 square miles. Many thousand...
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