Re: Disco ball into orbit

Dale Ireland (direland@drdale.com)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 19:19:53 -0800

Yup, it sounds like a disco ball, thanks for the reference.
Seriously, I wonder what would be more effective, ie "brighter", a ball
with 1000 small mirrors or the same ball with 10 surfaces and a high,
irregular spin rate? Of course the 10 surface ball would flash but it might
be a lot easier to spot. I am betting the design they have will require
binoculars and good eyes like the sputnik does.

Dale
At 07:04 PM 1/26/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Dale Ireland wrote:
><snip>
>> Is someone planning to launch one of those disco balls into orbit?
>
>Check out:
>http://www.utah.edu/Planetarium/Starshinerel.html
>
>Cheers!
>
>Patrick  :-)
>-- 
>Patrick Wiggins
>Hansen Planetarium Education Department
>email: p.wiggins@m.cc.utah.edu
>WWW: web.state.ut.us/bbs/space
>voice: 801.531-4952, fax: 801.531-4948
>
>


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