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MY estimate of a decrease of 0.3 sec. in the rotation period (strictly the ‘tumbling’ period) is the residual effect, after making allowance for the difference between the flash period and the true rotation period. Observing from the north of Scotland, I found that by November 27–28, 1958, the flash period had fallen to 8.95 sec. in transits across the south-west at about 0.8°/sec.
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FAULKNER, C. Rotation Period of the Artificial Satellite 1958δ1. Nature 189, 738 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189738a0
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