An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

The asteroid is made of stony material, and scientists believe it could cause an airburst—where a meteorite ... a par with the energy released in the Tunguska event of June 30, 1908.

The Tunguska event of 1908 involved an asteroid ... Assessment Project at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California. An airburst above a city would be more unpleasant. Windows would explode ...

Factoring in orbital uncertainties, there is a 1 in 83 chance of a collision - creating an airburst or a crater ... is about the same size as the Tunguska meteor. In 1908, a meteor exploded ...

However, there's another possibility: the asteroid may explode mid-air, causing an airburst similar to the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia. This explosion would not require the asteroid to reach ...

creating a high-energy airburst similar to the Tunguska event in 1908, which flattened 2,000 square kilometers of Siberian forest. Surface impact: If the asteroid survives atmospheric entry ...

If it entered the Earth's atmosphere, the resultant airburst could mirror the infamous Tunguska event of 1908, resulting in far-reaching devastation. China's response also involved strategic ...