18 Replies to “The Sound Of Settled Science”

  1. So how does this theory comport with the shape of the blast area? We know that the blast area/impact crater shapes are related to the angle of incidence/impact whether there was any impact or not. The article summary does not mention this though it may have been in the original article which was written by Russians.

    From wikipedia: “In the 1960s, it was established that the zone of leveled forest occupied an area of 2,150 km2 (830 sq mi), its shape resembling a gigantic spread-eagled butterfly with a “wingspan” of 70 km (43 mi) and a “body length” of 55 km (34 mi).[27] “

    1. That was my question too, but I haven’t paid much attention to this event.

  2. Does this theory not require a long elliptical shape to the area of downed trees?
    Maps of downed trees made in the last 100 years show an actual point epicenter. Another wonderful theory in conflict with the actual observations.

  3. An asteroid skimming through the atmosphere?
    Where did it go afterward?
    Such a close encounter would have slowed and changed the direction of said asteroid.
    Which should mean it is still in orbit of earth or sun.
    Generally the way I learnt this stuff,such a miss would mean a rematch soon afterward.Due to gravitational attraction and escape velocities.
    Such a theory might make sense if it also predicted the current position of said rock.

    1. Depends on whether it came in along or against the orbit. If it was against our orbit then it would be slowed and gravitational braking will mean we’ll likely see it again. If it was along our orbit then it was sped up and it was flung on a hyperbolic away from Earth, possibly (now) fast enough to escape the sun’s gravity.

      Take a look at how the Voyager craft use gravitational boosting around Jupiter by coming in along the orbit and having one close pass (hyperbolic from Jupiter’s viewpoint) that meant that the orbit of Jupiter acted as a sling to speed up the craft relative to the sun, there’s lots of details on the web.

  4. Everyone knows it was a stray photon torpedo from a clash between ETs fighting over who was going to mine the Jupiter atmosphere.

  5. I would be all for one of them hitting a geopolitical area that you all just thought would be the appropriate geopolitical area. Eh?

    1. The US FDA is actually recommending social distancing for pets. They are afraid of possible human to pet to human transmission of the Wuhan Coronavirus.

      You may not get a Chinese Virus Test, but Fido and Felix did, and they tested positive.

  6. Settled science
    99 year anniversary of huge disruptive solar storm – Now thought to be comparable to that of the Carrington Event of 1859

    May 15,1921
    – a telegraph exchange in Sweden burst into flames,
    – in the village of Brewster, New York. Flames engulfed the switch-board at the Brewster station
    – On some telegraph lines in the USA voltages spiked as high as 1000 V.
    – Auroras were seen in the USA as far south as Texas

    A coronal virus?

  7. Coincidentally I have been watching Carl Sagan’s COSMOS, first presented in 1980 and re-issued on DVD in 2000, wherein the Tunguska Event is described as resulting from a comet fragment. Yesterday’s news ?

    1. it seems to be. From the article, a comet should either have burned up before getting that close to surface, or a meteor should have had some remaining parts to impact and be found later.

    1. Of all the damage that climate science has done to tarnish the image of science, this is the worst. All models are wrong. Some are close enough to reality to be useful, within a given frame of reference. Orbital mechanics models are some of the easiest to verify, and are among the most likely to match reality. The heat and ablation of the different levels of the atmosphere have been measured from past flights, and are included in the calculations that make the backbone of this model. If the model is accurate to within a few decimals of a percent then it’s good enough for this use.

      Why climate models aren’t trustworthy IMO is a little more complex. Climate models are based on a guessed relation between CO2 doubling, feedbacks, and informed by only a small portion of past temperatures but ignoring most of the massive swings that have been experienced (like the previous interglacial temperature in Greenland being 5 degrees warmer than today… +/- 8 degrees).

  8. I read an interesting theory about this some time ago.
    Nicola Tesla always believed one could transmit electricity wirelessly. He set up a generation assembly on the east coast of the US. He had an observer in the far-north prepared to observe and report back to him. The observer saw nothing but on that same day and approx. same time,
    The Tungusta event occurred.
    Draw your own conclusions.

  9. Large meteorites do not actually reach the surface ….. they are traveling about 25,000 mph and create so much friction and compressed air in front of them they completely disintegrate while still in the air.

    The violent disintegration and percussion is what causes the crater … such as the Arizona Meteor Crater … millions of small fragments scattered over the surrounding desert

    From what I understand scientists discovered tiny bits of meteorite residue embedded in the trees around Tunguska but are not sure why no crater , only flattened trees , maybe it disintegrated at a higher altitude or was a “fragile” meteorite similar to what fell in the Yukon a few years ago.

    For what its worth I have a small cube of the Russian Brahin meteorite sitting on my desk ….. the inside is like jewelry as are all pallasites …. look it up for beautiful pictures

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