title: Pulsar PSR 0656+14:  period and spindown.
abstract: On July 7, 1984 pulsar 0656+14 was found to exhibit a larger period than expected.  Using observations from a number of sources, we have attempted to explain this discrepancy.  No indications of orbital motion was found.  The available evidence indicates that the star has a period derivative of 54 10(-15) s s-1 rather than 1.6 10(-15) s s-1 as previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Domingue
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Weisberg
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Backus
mesh_terms: D001256:Astronomy / Q000379:methods*; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis