Tunguska eyewitness accounts, injuries, and casualties
Tunguska eyewitness accounts, injuries, and casualties
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DOI：
10.1016/j.icarus.2019.01.001
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发表时间：
2019-07-15
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Kartashova, Anna P.
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作者：
Jenniskens, Peter;Popova, Olga P.;Kartashova, Anna P.
俄罗斯车里雅宾斯克和通古斯卡的空中爆炸事件是近年来记录最完整的小行星撞击事件。评估此类事件潜在危险的模型依赖于对事件后果的准确描述。在这里，我们重新审视了通古斯卡空难最关键的目击者描述，即那些描述受伤和伤亡的人，以及那些描绘了事件负责的人。并非所有相关信息都在书面记录中保存下来，有些矛盾造成了一些歧义。我们发现，在树木倒下的地区内和附近至少有30人。许多人失去了知觉，至少有3人死亡（立即或后来），这是通古斯事件的直接后果。空中爆炸造成了一个蝴蝶形的玻璃损坏图案，比车里雅宾斯克看到的宽4-5倍。在这些较大距离处，未报告任何因福尔斯跌倒、破碎玻璃割伤或紫外线辐射暴露造成的伤害。
The airburst events at Chelyabinsk and Tunguska in Russia are the best-documented asteroid impacts of recent times. Models that assess the potential danger from such events rely on an accurate picture of their aftermath. Here, we re-examine the most critical eyewitness accounts of the Tunguska airburst, namely those that describe injuries and casualties, and those that paint a picture of what events were responsible. Not all relevant information has survived in the written record and there are contradictions that create some ambiguity. We find that inside and near the tree-fall area were at least 30 people. Many lost consciousness and at least 3 passed away (immediately or later) as a direct consequence of the Tunguska event. The airburst created a butterfly-shaped pattern of glass damage extending 4-5 times wider than that seen at Chelyabinsk. At these larger distances, any injuries from falls, shattering glass cuts, or from UV radiation exposure were not reported.