Rotation Period
27 Aug 2021 = 31.4 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
28 Aug 2021 = 29.6 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
29 Aug 2021 = 27.8 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
30 Aug 2021 = 26.5 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
31 Aug 2021 = 25.0 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
01 Sep 2021 = 23.1 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
02 Sep 2021 = 21.5 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.