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punky · 05-05-2004, 02:12

By the sounds of it, what that mean is, as the rock is shaped like a dumbell, in orbit, it doesn't rotate in a regular pattern, like planets do.

I.E. Earth will always (or nearly always) spin in the same direction at the same speed, and crucially, around the same axis (the north/south pole) Toutasis is spining randomly whilst in orbit in different directions and doesn't have a pole that it is spinning round, it seems to keep changing.

05-05-2004, 02:12	#6
punky Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 45 Posts: 14,750	Re: time for a heads up or is that heads down By the sounds of it, what that mean is, as the rock is shaped like a dumbell, in orbit, it doesn't rotate in a regular pattern, like planets do. I.E. Earth will always (or nearly always) spin in the same direction at the same speed, and crucially, around the same axis (the north/south pole) Toutasis is spining randomly whilst in orbit in different directions and doesn't have a pole that it is spinning round, it seems to keep changing.