At 03:28 AM 6/21/02, M. Malmkvist wrote: > >http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/06/20/asteroid.miss/index.html > > > >Just another close call after the fact story. Not really > >earth-shattering... "the size of a football field" (what is the depth >of >a > >football field and are we talking American or the rest of the world > >football?). It came within 120,000 km (75,000 miles) of earth and > >first spotted some days afterward. They estimate a collision might >>have > >been similar to what happened in 1908 over Siberia (Tunguska sp?). > > >I wonder... if it had hit around the Indian-Pakistani border... > > >Sean > >Gee, there went a billion people. >Probably would have been the first time in recorded history that an asteriod >triggered a regional thermo nuclear war :o|
I often ask my students to think about what might have happened if the Tunguska event had occurred 50 years later and a few time zones to the west, over Moscow . . . -- Ronn! :) Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL Disclaimer: Unless specifically stated otherwise, any opinions contained herein are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent the official position of the University of Montevallo.
