Georadar and Hydrogen Studies
of the Tunguska Meteorite Craters
V. A. Alekseev1 , V. V. Kopeikin2, N. G. Alekseeva1, L. Pelekhan3
1Troitsk Institute for Innovation and Fusion Research, Troitsk,
Moscow region, Russia
2Institute of the Earth Magnetism and Propagation of Radio Waves of RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region, Russia
3Complex Self-made Surgut Expedition, Surgut, Russia
Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical
Geophysics of RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Abstract:
Tunguska meteorite craters were studied during July 7–22, 2009. The distribution of the craters over the 2.5 × 0.3 km area between the North and South bogs are very similar to the crater arrangement of Sikhote Alin meteorite shower, which suggests that the Tunguska meteorite, during its explosion, was divided into fragments. Our studies support the idea by L. A. Kulik [1, 2] on abundant formation of the craters of impact nature.
Key words:
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), Near Earth Objects (NEOs), georadar and hydrogen studies, Tunguska meteorite craters, the distribution of the craters between the North and South bogs, the crater arrangement of Sikhote Alin meteorite shower, Tunguska meteorite fragments, abundant formation of the craters of impact nature.