Similar features of the Earth’s magnetic field components during fall of the Tunguska and Chelyabinsk bolides
https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2019-10-3-0435
Abstract
A superbolide with an estimated mass of 13,000 tonnes exploded at an altitude of 22 km over the city of Chelyabinsk (Russia) at 03 hours 20 min. 33 sec. UTC on February 15, 2013. It is now known as the Chelyabinsk meteorite. Over the past 100 years after the fall of the Tunguska meteorite on June 30, 1908, this event was an entry of the second largest object from outer space into the Earth’s atmosphere. In the literature describing the occurrence of magnetic effects during the fall and explosion of the Tunguska meteorite in the magnetosphere and atmosphere of the Earth on June 30, 1908, some researchers mentioned a change in variations in the Earth's magnetic field 80 minutes before the explosion itself. Similar features of the magnetic field components observed by the Irkutsk Magnetic Observatory are identified by the comparative analysis of the magnetic field variations during the falls of the Tunguska and Chelyabinsk space bodies through the magnetosphere.
About the Author
R. A. Rakhmatulin
Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Branch of RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ravil A. Rakhmatulin - Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Head of Observatory.
126A Lermontov street, Irkutsk 664033.
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Rakhmatulin R.A. Similar features of the Earth’s magnetic field components during fall of the Tunguska and Chelyabinsk bolides. Geodynamics & Tectonophysics. 2019;10(3):687-696. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2019-10-3-0435
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