1908 Tunguska event

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf explosion event
gptkbp:affectedArea 2,150 square kilometers
gptkbp:alternativeHypotheses gptkb:Titan
gptkb:asteroid
natural gas explosion
gptkbp:anniversary Asteroid Day (June 30)
gptkbp:casualties no confirmed human fatalities
gptkbp:cause airburst of a meteoroid or comet
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:craterPresent no
gptkbp:culturalSignificance inspired science fiction
gptkbp:date 1908-06-30
gptkbp:energyReleased 10–15 megatons of TNT
gptkbp:firstExpedition Leonid Kulik, 1927
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1908 Tunguska event
gptkbp:impact airburst
gptkbp:latitude 60.885°N
gptkbp:location Tunguska, Siberia, Russia
gptkbp:longitude 101.894°E
gptkbp:notableFor largest impact event in recorded history
gptkbp:objectComposition stony meteoroid or cometary fragment
gptkbp:objectSizeEstimate 50–60 meters
gptkbp:objectSpeedEstimate 27 km/s
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Chelyabinsk_meteor
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Soviet_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:treesFelled estimated 80 million trees
gptkbp:witnessedBy local Evenki people
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chelyabinsk_meteor_airburst_(2013)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7