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The 1908 Tunguska explosion: atmospheric disruption of a stony asteroid
Christopher F. Chyba, Paul J. Thomas, Kevin J. Zahnle, 1993. Nature 361, 40–44.
Models atmospheric entry and argues that a stony asteroid tens of metres across disrupts at the observed height, while comets and carbonaceous bodies burst too high and iron bodies reach the ground.
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The standard case for a stony asteroid.
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Chyba, C. F., Thomas, P. J., & Zahnle, K. J. (1993). The 1908 Tunguska explosion: atmospheric disruption of a stony asteroid. Nature 361, 40–44. https://doi.org/10.1038/361040a0
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Chyba, Christopher F. et al.. “The 1908 Tunguska explosion: atmospheric disruption of a stony asteroid.” Nature 361, 40–44 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/361040a0.