The worm period is the number of minutes in a sidereal day (23h56m4s or 1436.075mins) divided by the number of teeth.
The bigger the worm, the more teeth, the shorter the period.
Let's use 1440 mins (24 hrs) as a round number.
No Worm..............Period
..Teeth.................(mins)
100......................14.36
144......................9.97
180......................7.98
359......................4.00
435......................3.30
500......................2.87
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