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In 2021 a multidisciplinary team of researchers claimed that a Tunguska-sized airburst, larger than any such airburst in human history, destroyed a Bronze Age city near the Dead Sea.
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Mark Boslough, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
However, the most likely outcome would be a high-altitude airburst.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The asteroid is estimated to be traveling at about 17 km (10.5 miles) per second, which would create a large airburst and shock wave in the atmosphere.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
The Chelyabinsk airburst, caused when a small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded over a Russian city in February 2013, rattled many astronomers, space agencies and governments, and partly in response to this dramatic event, NASA reactivated NEOWISE in September 2013.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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Mark Boslough, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
However, the most likely outcome would be a high-altitude airburst.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The asteroid is estimated to be traveling at about 17 km (10.5 miles) per second, which would create a large airburst and shock wave in the atmosphere.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
The Chelyabinsk airburst, caused when a small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded over a Russian city in February 2013, rattled many astronomers, space agencies and governments, and partly in response to this dramatic event, NASA reactivated NEOWISE in September 2013.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Airburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airburst. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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