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 ...

Destructive potential: A 'city killer' on a scale on the Tunguska asteroid ... 2024 YR4 may explode in mid-air in what's known as an 'airburst’. Depending on the size of the asteroid, this ...

In 1908, a comparable object exploded over Tunguska, Siberia ... it could generate a powerful airburst capable of breaking windows or causing minor structural damage across an entire city.

Weather, with its unpredictable nature, has always fascinated humans. It can be gentle and nurturing, or fierce and ...

If the asteroid entered the atmosphere over a populated region, an airburst of an object on the ... It has been compared to the Tunguska strike, which flatted hundreds of square miles of trees ...

The airburst potentially if it exploded within ... “There was also a more famous event about 100 years ago – the Tunguska event – where a similar size asteroid to the one we’re talking ...

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The best modern comparison is the 1908 Tunguska Event ... For 2024 YR4, the explosion from an airburst would equal around eight megatons of TNT — more than 500 times the power of the Hiroshima ...

The best modern comparison is the 1908 Tunguska Event ... For 2024 YR4, the explosion from an airburst would equal around eight megatons of TNT — more than 500 times the power of the Hiroshima ...

The Tunguska event is the largest impact event in recorded history, even though no impact crater was found at the site. It is believed to have been caused by the airburst of a comet or asteroid in ...