Atmospheric sferics, 4150.84 Hz (Baumer/Cousto)
4,150.84 Hz
A figure reported for radio pulses from lightning. Cousto links it to the rotation of the Earth; the link is a musical fourth, and approximate.
How well is this supported?
A claim that has not been established. Evidence is missing, weak, or limited to small studies.
This entry describes an idea, not a measurement.
About this number
Sferics are radio pulses from lightning. They are broadband, with most of their energy near 5 kHz. Hans Baumer reported that sferics recorded at Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany, cluster at particular frequencies, 4150.84 Hz among them. Hans Cousto relates that figure to the rotation of the Earth: it lies a musical fourth above an octave of the sidereal-day tone, to within 0.73 parts in a thousand. It is not an octave of the day tone. The figure comes from Cousto’s book and a printing-trade bulletin. This site did not find it in a peer-reviewed paper.
Facts
- Frequency
- 4,150.84 Hz
- Wavelength (electromagnetic wave)
- 72.2 km
- Refers to
- A musical fourth above an octave of the sidereal-day tone, within 0.73 parts in a thousand (Cousto)
- Kind of statement
- Idea, not a measurement
- Filed under
- Earth, Moon & Sun
Sources
- Hans Cousto — The Cosmic Octave
The book that sets out the method of octave doubling. Cited as the source of Cousto’s claims, not as evidence for them.
Hans Cousto, Die kosmische Oktave (Synthesis Verlag, Essen, 1984). English edition: The Cosmic Octave (LifeRhythm, Mendocino, 1988).