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Gasperini's 2009 paper theorizing the possible origin of L. Cheko in the T.E. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00906.x/pdf), coming from a respected peer-reviewed journal, is disputed by a Russian News organ, in 2017, Sputnik International, which draws its conclusion from a 2008 reply to Gasperini's team's 2007 probe into the matter, yet before the Gasperini team's main paper of 2009. Additionally, the language of the refutation the Russian publication makes, aside from being reversed in its date, is far from the type of writing that characterizes scientific work. I do not assert this to lionize Gasperini or his work, but merely feel it necessary to point out that this Wikipedia entry, as well as the one on the Tunguska Event itself (in the last paragraph of its "Lake Cheko" section), try to dismiss the findings of Gasperini's science on the word of a mere popular publication, leaving the reader of the Lake Cheko info to believe that Gasperini has been "disproved" by "Russian Scientists," when no such refutation has been made. (Speculation: this may or may not be a problem coming from political/cultural bias, although it may also just be the work of a lazy or judgmental writer.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rtelkin (talk • contribs) 06:06, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nobody can give the "citation needed", because the statement "Lake Cheko was a known landmark on the Strelka-Vanavara trail before the Tunguska event.[citation needed]" is wrong. The origin of this legend is due to the confusion between "river" and "lake" Cheko.
The older version is correct: "However, the fact that eyewitnesses of the Tunguska event refer to river[1] Cheko but never name such a remarkable landmark as the lake Cheko favors the hypothesis that the lake did not exist before the 1908 Event[2]."
No other citation of the "river" or the "lake" Cheko exists apart the four citations translated in http://www-th.bo.infn.it/tunguska/APS-testimonies.htm . I am sure of that because I have read not only Vasilyev's Testimonies, but also all the original testimonies now stored in the Archives of the Meteorite Committee of the Russian Academy of Sciences. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pclong2 (talk • contribs)
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I keep trying to make the article state the actual measurement of 7.0 km, but there are other ideas floating around out there. Variations I've seen (paraphrased), and my responses, are as follows:
--Cbdorsett (talk) 10:18, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
After inspecting both photos they don't appear to be of the same lake. The top link geotimes.org site with photo seems to be more accurate as it matches descriptions and other photos I've seen. The bottom link nice photo, livescience.com looks nothing like the shape of the lake or the surrounding steep terrain descending into the lake that you see in the first link, even though the second link does purport to be a photo of Lake Cheko. Interesting, though, is that they are both credited to the University of Bologna. 159.49.254.2 (talk) 06:11, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]