Wire Observed w/ 12" Telescope
Ron Dantowitz (ron@dantowitz.com)
Fri, 5 Mar 1999 23:58:55 -0500 (EST)
Hello-
FYI Wire is still spinning as of 23:45 UTC 5 March 1999.
Observed from Boston, MA, USA 42(N) -71(W).
Measured Rotation period was 3.23 seconds (20 rotations over a 64.66 second
interval). Timed using the 60Hz readout clock on the video camera. To be
exact, there were exactly 20 rotations in 3,880 video fields (60 fields/sec).
Wire is rotating at approximately 111 degrees/second. Looks bad.
-Ron Dantowitz
Boston Museum of Science