Siberian Impact Crater Found: 1908 Russian Space Blast

[Ivan Seeking]

Crater From 1908 Russian Space Impact Found, Team Says

Almost a century after a mysterious explosion in Russia flattened a huge swath of Siberian forest, scientists have found what they believe is a crater made by the cosmic object that made the blast [continued]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071107-russia-crater.html

 

[Ai52487963]

I think it was a crater from a fragment that vaporized off of it. If I'm not mistaken, it blew in the upper atmosphere, leaving no impact crater.

 

[Michael Mozina]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071107-russia-crater.html

IMO, it's interesting that the angle of impact is thought to be that much of a glancing blow. Several previous studies of the tree damage have suggested that the angle of travel was very much like the crater pattern they found in the lake. It will be interesting to see if they actually find a core.