Author(s)

Jian’an Wang

Department of Physics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.

In this paper, the asteroid “rockburst plus nuclear explosion” model of Tunguska explosion is proposed for the first time, and it is believed that the Tunguska explosion is a thermonuclear explosion in the air triggered by a “rockburst” after the asteroid entered the atmosphere, and all the abnormal phenomena produced by the Tunguska explosion are explained by using this model. The “rockburst” is the sudden release of the stress potential energy formed by the expansion of atoms in solid objects caused by the cosmic expansion. According to the “rockburst plus nuclear explosion” model, the “rockburst” was firstly triggered by the heat produced by the friction between the asteroid and the atmosphere after it entered the atmosphere, and then the high temperature and high pressure generated by the “rockburst” ignited the fusion fuel inside the asteroid, resulting in a thermonuclear explosion.

Tunguska Explosion, Rockburst, Meteorite Explosion, Thermonuclear Explosion

Wang, J. (2020) Solving the Mystery of the Tunguska Explosion. Journal of Modern Physics, 11, 779-787. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2020.116050.