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I think the facts are off a bit. This meteor weighed in the neighborhood of 7000 metric tons, not 10 tons. The energy released was not equivalent to Tunguska; T
by chakalakasp 14y ago
I think the facts are off a bit. This meteor weighed in the neighborhood of 7000 metric tons, not 10 tons. The energy released was not equivalent to Tunguska; Tunguska was not "a little higher", it was 50 times greater.
- lisper 14y agoThe Independent reported the mass as 10 tons. Do you have a source for the 7000 ton number? (Are you sure it wasn't 7000 kilograms? That's about ten tons.)
- chakalakasp 14y agohttp://www.nature.com/news/russian-meteor-largest-in-a-century-1.12438 http://www.nature.com/news/russian-meteor-largest-in-a-centu...
- lisper 14y agoYou're right, it was 7-10 thousand tons. I fixed it.