> The flash period has continued to decrease over the years: > 09/21/1998 15.0 Mike McCants [snip] > 02/17/2001 9.76 Mike McCants Is there a theoretical understanding of why this is happening? In particular, is it some sort of geometrical effect, or does it reflect (so to speak) an actual increase in the satellite's rate of rotation? If the latter, the satellite is picking up angular momentum from someplace -- net radiation pressure, magnetic fields, solar wind, or something. What is doing this, and how much further is the flash rate likely to increase? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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