Re: WIRE wildly flashing
Ron Dantowitz (ron@dantowitz.com)
Sun, 7 Mar 1999 14:17:32 -0500 (EST)
re:
>Just south of the zenith I think I counted 20 flashes in 9.63 sec, for a
>period of 0.49 seconds. There is uncertainty in the count, it was
>difficult to keep up. News accounts report a tumble rate of 1 second --
>did a see a half period?
>
>If visual appearances mean anything I don't think they are going to regain
>control of this one.
Especially if the flashes are getting more rapid! I measured a 3.233 second
repeated flash period on 5 March 99 at 23:45 UTC. Very accurate... so if it
is faster now... looks REAL bad.
-Ron