Atmospheric Entry and Strewn Fields Estimation for Rubble-pile Meteoroids
Chengfan Feng, Xiangyuan Zeng, Ziwen Li, Qingbo Gan Advances in Space ResearchAvailable online 13 June 2024 LINK “One of the potentially catastrophic risks to human survival is the impact of a meteorite on Earth. When…
The identification of airbursts in the past: Insights from the BIT-58 layer
Matthias van Ginneken, Ralph P. Harvey, Steven Goderis, Natalia Artemieva, Mark Boslough, Ryoga Maeda, Jérôme Gattacceca, Luigi Folco, Akira Yamaguchi, Corinne Sonzogni, Penelope Wozniakiewicz, Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 627, 1 February 2024, 118562 LINK…
Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 1: Shock-fractured quartz grains support 12,800-year-old cosmic airburst at the Younger Dryas onsetOPEN ACCESS
Andrew M.T. Moore, James P. Kennett, Malcolm A. LeCompte, Christopher R. Moore, Yong-Qing Li, Gunther Kletetschka, Kurt Langworthy, Joshua J. Razink, Valerie Brogden, Brian van Devener, Jesus Paulo Perez, Randy Polson, Siddhartha Mitra, Wendy S….
Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 2: Additional evidence supporting the catastrophic destruction of this prehistoric village by a cosmic airburst ~12,800 years agoOPEN ACCESS
Andrew M.T. Moore, James P. Kennett, William M. Napier, Ted E. Bunch, James C. Weaver, Malcolm A. LeCompte, A. Victor Adedeji, Gunther Kletetschka, Robert E. Hermes, c , James H. Wittke, Joshua J. Razink, Kurt…
Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 3: Comet airbursts triggered major climate change 12,800 years ago that initiated the transition to agricultureOPEN ACCESS
Andrew M.T. Moore, James P. Kennett, William M. Napier, Malcolm A. LeCompte, Christopher R. Moore, Allen West Airbursts and Cratering Impacts, 28 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “This study investigates the hypothesis that Earth collided…
Refuting the sensational claim of a Hopewell-ending cosmic airburstOPEN ACCESS
Kevin C. Nolan, Andrew Weiland, Bradley T. Lepper, Jennifer Aultman, Laura R. Murphy, Bret J. Ruby, Kevin Schwarz, Matthew Davidson, DeeAnne Wymer, Timothy D. Everhart, Anthony M. Krus & Timothy J. McCoy Scientific Reports, Volume…
Characterization of a 2700 KM long bolide airburst chain, Phoebe Regio, Venus.
E.G. Antropova, C.H.G. Braga, R.E. Ernst, H. El Bilali, J.W. Head, B.A. Ivanov Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 7 February 2023 LINK “Detailed geological mapping of Phoebe Regio on Venus, located near 10°S, 282°W, at…
Reply to: Arguments for a comet as cause of the Hopewell airburst are unsubstantiatedOPEN ACCESS
Kenneth Barnett Tankersley, Stephen D. Meyers, Stephanie A. Meyers & David L. Lentz Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 12113 (2022)Published: 15 July 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) The original article was published on…
Arguments for a comet as cause of the Hopewell airburst are unsubstantiatedOPEN ACCESS
Ralph Neuhäuser & Dagmar L. Neuhäuser Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 12090Published: 15 July 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) The original article was published on 01 February 2022 arising from: K. B. Tankersley…
The Hopewell airburst event, 1699–1567 years ago (252–383 CE)OPEN ACCESS
UPDATE (9 August 2023): Refuting the sensational claim of a Hopewell-ending cosmic airburst Kevin C. Nolan, Andrew Weiland, Bradley T. Lepper, Jennifer Aultman, Laura R. Murphy, Bret J. Ruby, Kevin Schwarz, Matthew Davidson, DeeAnne Wymer,…
Widespread glasses generated by cometary fireballs during the late Pleistocene in the Atacama Desert, ChileOPEN ACCESS
Peter H. Schultz, R. Scott Harris, Sebastián Perroud, Nicolas Blanco, Andrew J. Tomlinson Geology (2021)November 02, 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Twisted and folded silicate glasses (up to 50 cm across) concentrated in certain areas across…
A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead SeaOPEN ACCESS
Ted E. Bunch, Malcolm A. LeCompte, A. Victor Adedeji, James H. Wittke, T. David Burleigh, Robert E. Hermes, Charles Mooney, Dale Batchelor, Wendy S. Wolbach, Joel Kathan, Gunther Kletetschka, Mark C. L. Patterson, Edward C….
A large meteoritic event over Antarctica ca. 430 ka ago inferred from chondritic spherules from the Sør Rondane MountainsOPEN ACCESS
M. Van Ginneken, S. Goderis, N. Artemieva, V. Debaille, S. Decrée, R. P. Harvey, K. A. Huwig, L. Hecht, S. Yang, F. E. D. Kaufmann, B. Soens, M. Humayun, F. Van Maldeghem, M. J. Genge,…
Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~12.8 ka): High-temperature melting at >2200 °COPEN ACCESS
Andrew M. T. Moore, James P. Kennett, William M. Napier, Ted E. Bunch, James C. Weaver, Malcolm LeCompte, A. Victor Adedeji, Paul Hackley, Gunther Kletetschka, Robert E. Hermes, James H. Wittke, Joshua J. Razink, Michael…
Disintegration of the Chelyabinsk cosmic body
O.G. Gladysheva Planetary and Space Science Available online 5 August 2019 LINK “Highlights • The results of calculations made it possible to propose an alternative scenario. • The Chelyabinsk cosmic body could be a combination…
Overestimation of threat from 100 Mt–class airbursts? High-pressure evidence from zircon in Libyan Desert Glass
Aaron J. Cavosie, Christian Koeberl Geology (2019) LINK “Atmospheric airbursts over Russia at Chelyabinsk in 2013 and Tunguska in 1908 provide dramatic examples of hazards posed by near-Earth objects (NEOs). These two events produced 0.5…
Uncertainty Quantification in Continuous Fragmentation Airburst Models
S. McMullan, G.S. Collins Icarus Available online 28 February 2019 LINK “Highlights • Comparison of three existing semi-analytical airburst models • Models can be calibrated to data but diverge when upscaled • Investigations into how…
Tunguska eyewitness accounts, injuries, and casualties
Peter Jenniskens, Olga P. Popova, Dmitry O. Glazachev, Elena D. Podobnaya, Anna P. Kartashova Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 January 2019 LINK “Highlights • A literature study of over 700 eyewitness accounts…
Probabilistic Assessment of Tunguska-scale Asteroid ImpactsOPEN ACCESS
F. Wheeler, Donovan L. Mathias Icarus Available online 6 December 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The PAIR model is used to assess 50 million Tunguska-scale asteroid impacts with probabilistically distributed properties….
Hydrocode simulations of asteroid airbursts and constraints for TunguskaOPEN ACCESS
Darrel K. Robertson, Donovan L. Mathias Icarus Available online 21 October 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Hydrocode simulations of asteroid airbursts of interest to planetary defense. • Both asteroids and comets plausible for Tunguska…
Study of injuries from the Chelyabinsk airburst event
A.P. Kartashova, O.P. Popova, D.O. Glazachev, P. Jenniskens, d, V.V. Emelˈyanenko, Е.D. Podobnaya, A. Ya Skripnik Planetary and Space Science Available online 23 April 2018 LINK “Highlights • The new data on injuries from the…
The frequency of window damage caused by bolide airbursts: a quarter century case studyOPEN ACCESS
Nayeob Gi, Peter Brown, Michael Aftosmis Meteorit Planet Sci. (MAPS) First published: 10 April 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (11 April 2018): LINK “We have empirically estimated how often fireball shocks produce overpressure at the…
A numerical assessment of simple airblast models of impact airburstsOPEN ACCESS
Collins, Gareth S., Lynch, Elliot, McAdam, Ronan, Davison, Thomas M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12873 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroids and comets 10–100 m in size that collide with Earth disrupt dramatically…
Effect of Yield Curves and Porous Crush on Hydrocode Simulations of Asteroid AirburstOPEN ACCESS
D.K. Robertson, D.L. Mathias Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Accepted manuscript online: 6 February 2017 First published: 23 March 2017 DOI: 10.1002/2016JE005194 Last update: 23 March 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Simulations of…
Orbital and Physical Characteristics of Meter-scale Impactors from Airburst Observations
P. Brown, P. Wiegert, D. Clark, E. Tagliaferri Accepted to Icarus – Nov 23, 2015 PDF (full text) LINK “We have analysed the orbits and ablation characteristics in the atmosphere of 59 earth-impacting fireballs, produced…
Ionospheric disturbances in the vicinity of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid explosive disruption as inferred from dense GPS observations
N. P. Perevalova, N. V. Shestakov, S. V. Voeykov, H. Takahashi, M. Guojie Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064792 First published: 19 August 2015 LINK
A 500-kiloton airburst over Chelyabinsk and an enhanced hazard from small impactors
Brown et al. Nature 503, 238–241 (14 November 2013), doi:10.1038/nature12741 LINK
