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Revision as of 11:51, March 20, 2007
Astronomers used to assume that it rotated once every 88 days - although they really had no basis for this assumption. Encyclopedia Britannica even listed its rotation as 88 days (instead of "unknown").
In the 1960s observations showed it had a period of 58.6 (which is exactly 2/3 of 88 days). Another example of publications being in a rush to express certainty where none exists. --Ed Poor 07:51, 20 March 2007 (EDT)