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Dr Kenneth L Franklin, googled
Yes, you will find the information there, plus some related stuff. I didn't see a mention anywhere, though, of the lunar time system he came up with, that Helbros made about half a dozen watches for, that were offered in the Nieman Marcus Christmas Catalog one season, for a lot of money, none of which came to my dad! They did give him one, though, which he donated to the Hayden Planetarium.
posted by
Ciel
on May 1, 2007 at 8:34 AM
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Dr Kenneth L Franklin
Yes, I'm sure that the love of astronomy rubbed off on me-- I've always been fascinated by the sky, and 'Sky' is my middle kid's middle name, as well! My initials are CL, also. What luck, eh?
posted by
Ciel
on May 1, 2007 at 8:18 AM
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Ciel
What's your dad's name? Once I know that, I can dig it out! And I guess that's where you got your moniker...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 1, 2007 at 4:39 AM
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I'm sure there is-- it made a stir at the time, among astronomers,
and they got a first page mention in the New York Times.
posted by
Ciel
on April 30, 2007 at 10:45 PM
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Ciel
Very interesting! Is there a paper on that?
posted by
Nautikos
on April 30, 2007 at 4:35 PM
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My dad, a radio astronomer, and his partner at the time,
Bernard Burke, heard an annoying bit of hissy interference on a regular though not constant basis, when they set up their equipment in Virginia (I think) in the mid 1950s. They decided to track it down and account for it, and thus Jupiter was identified as a source of radio signals. Not an indication of life or intelligence there, but a product of natural magnetics.
posted by
Ciel
on April 30, 2007 at 2:39 PM
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Good morning Offy
yes, it's funny sometimes how things get discovered...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 29, 2007 at 5:18 AM
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Morning Naut
Wow what a great story...who would have thunk it?
posted by
Offy
on April 29, 2007 at 4:33 AM
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Rocky
you must have been deeply in love with Mr. Poop...er, Popp...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 1:03 PM
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Yeah, Naut...thank God for small favors. Oh, and they also screwed up my
first name too...Josie. They would leave out the "i" so I would get mail to Jose' Poop! Truly....I can't make this stuff up! LOL 
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on April 28, 2007 at 12:26 PM
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Pat B
Looks pretty flat to me...my marbles aren't rolling anywhere...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 12:25 PM
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Rocky
The message? Oh, that! Be glad that your husband's name wasn't Popper, as in Karl...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 12:22 PM
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Corbin
It would, if only you wouldn't insist on turquoise...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 12:19 PM
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And anyone can see the world is flat... :)
posted by
Pat_B
on April 28, 2007 at 10:02 AM
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Ah Geesh Nautikos....This is Corbin's type of humor and it's a bit
early for me...better go get some more caffeine! Anyway, the message is still the same! LOL
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on April 28, 2007 at 7:36 AM
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ROTFLMAO.........that saves on the old wardrobe!
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on April 28, 2007 at 7:33 AM
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Good morning Rocky,
It was actually
my headline, but it doesn't really matter, Corbin and I are actually the same woman anyway...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 7:31 AM
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Good Morning Corbin...your headline really got my attention only because
my first husband's last name was, Popp and unfortunately my name after we got married. I can't count how many times I was called Mrs. "Poop" or got mail for Mrs. Poop. I think I divorced him because I subconsciously no longer wanted his "shitty" name! LOL 
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on April 28, 2007 at 7:03 AM
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Yep........
But some "muppets" proved it false.....So I guess it was ot all it was "quacked" up to be???
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on April 28, 2007 at 6:57 AM
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Corbin
I didn't know that! You're full of little surprises...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 6:53 AM
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TAPS
It might give you the chance to test the truth of what might well be another urban legend, that a clean car runs better...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 6:51 AM
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Hmmmmmm???
Did you know there's an urban legend that portends that: "A duck's quack won't echo!"
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on April 28, 2007 at 6:46 AM
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Nautikos
Wonder what my car would do if I got all the bird poop off of it at one time.
posted by
TAPS.
on April 28, 2007 at 6:35 AM
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FreeMan
That's a damn good question! In a sense, the term 'echo' is misleading if we think of it in the conventional sense of sound bouncing off somethin and returning to us. It's more in the sense of an 'echo of a past event', although it is very real and physical. Physicists speak of it as the
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). It consists of photonic radiation that permeates the entire observable universe at roughly the same strength throughout, and represents one of the most important pieces of evidence for the Hot Big Bang theory of the beginning of the universe, i.e. all visible and invisible matter and spacetime.
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 6:13 AM
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What did the echo bounce off of?
posted by
FreeManWalking
on April 28, 2007 at 5:24 AM
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Foliage
Yep, I'm full of little surprises...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 5:20 AM
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Naut
You had me there, thought you were going to say they were cleaning it with coke! --Joy!Mary
posted by
FoliageGold
on April 28, 2007 at 5:08 AM
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afzal
you can say
that again!
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 4:18 AM
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Enigmatic
That's why it turned and 'average' day into a 'special' one...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 4:17 AM
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TIMMY
A Ewww?? From You???
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 4:15 AM
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smartdog
Indeed! I'm going to scrub my bird feeders and see...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 28, 2007 at 4:13 AM
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There is no end to discovery.
posted by
afzal50
on April 27, 2007 at 7:06 PM
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Nautikos
Well, I must admit, this is not the typical story one tends to read about on an "average" day!
posted by
Enigmatic68
on April 27, 2007 at 6:21 PM
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nautikos
Ewwww......nasty pigeon poop!
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on April 27, 2007 at 6:09 PM
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naut
never know what you'll discover once you get rid of that bird crap.
Be well,
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on April 27, 2007 at 6:06 PM
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