Rotation Period
20 Aug 2021 = 20.1 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
21 Aug 2021 = 21.3 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
22 Aug 2021 = 27.5 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
23 Aug 2021 = 32.4 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
24 Aug 2021 = 33.9 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
25 Aug 2021 = 33.4 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
26 Aug 2021 = 32.5 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
Special thanks to Terry VK5GU and Colin VK3HBF for their continued assistance with downloads this week.
AO-73 continues to maintain a complex attitude the result of normal spin rotation about the Z-Z axis with the Z-Z axis slowly rotating about AO-73’s unbalanced Moment of Inertia.
73 de Colin VK5HI.