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We compared two methods of period estimation. MESA produced more scatter than autocorrelation. The slope of the comparison (m = 0.078) was closer to zero than to the predicted 1.0. For this reason, we used autocorrelation to estimate period, rather than MESA or a combination of the two methods.
