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gptkbp:instanceOf
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explosion event
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gptkbp:affectedArea
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2,150 square kilometers
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gptkbp:airburst_altitude_estimate
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5–10 km above ground
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gptkbp:alternative_theories
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gptkb:Titan
gptkb:asteroid
natural gas explosion
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gptkbp:casualties
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no confirmed human deaths
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gptkbp:cause
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airburst of a meteoroid or comet
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Russia
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gptkbp:crater_present
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no
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gptkbp:culturalSignificance
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inspired science fiction
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gptkbp:damage_pattern
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butterfly-shaped tree fall
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gptkbp:date
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1908-06-30
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gptkbp:energy_released
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10–15 megatons of TNT
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gptkbp:first_scientific_expedition
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1927
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gptkbp:firstReported
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Russian newspapers, July 1908
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Tunguska event (1908)
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gptkbp:impact_type
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airburst
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gptkbp:light_phenomena
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night skies glowed in Europe
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Siberia
near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River
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gptkbp:notableContributor
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gptkb:Leonid_Kulik
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gptkbp:object_mass_estimate
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~100,000 tons
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gptkbp:object_size_estimate
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50–60 meters
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gptkbp:object_speed_estimate
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27 km/s
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:Chelyabinsk_meteor_(2013)
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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meteoritics
planetary defense
impact cratering
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gptkbp:scientific_debate
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ongoing
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gptkbp:scientific_importance
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study of impact hazards
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gptkbp:seismic_activity
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detected worldwide
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gptkbp:shockwave_felt
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hundreds of kilometers away
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gptkbp:significance
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largest impact event in recorded history
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gptkbp:time_of_explosion
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07:17 local time
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gptkbp:trees_felled
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estimated 80 million
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gptkbp:unexplained_aspects
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no impact crater
no recovered meteorite fragments
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gptkbp:witnessedBy
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local Evenki people
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Stony_Tunguska
gptkb:Krasnoyarsk_Krai,_Russia
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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