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example of publications being in a rush to express certainty where none exists
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. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 07:51, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
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. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 07:51, 20 March 2007 (EDT)