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In 1908 There Was a Huge Explosion Referred to as the Tunguska

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In 1908 there was a huge explosion referred to as the Tunguska event which occurred in Siberia.Apparently this was caused by a very large meteorite,a small asteroid,or a comet colliding with the Earth.If the energy released,estimated at 5 × 1016 J,were from the kinetic energy of the object,what would have been its approximate mass if its speed had been 104 m/s?


A) 106 kg
B) 109 kg
C) 1012 kg
D) 1014 kg

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