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View SchemaStudy of the Pioneer Anomaly: A Problem Set
| Authors | Slava G. Turyshev, Michael Martin Nieto, John D. Anderson |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0502123 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0502123 |
| DOI | 10.1119/1.2008300 |
| Journal | Am.J.Phys. 73 (2005) 1033-1044 |
Abstract
Analysis of the radio-metric tracking data from the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft at distances between 20--70 astronomical units from the Sun has consistently indicated the presence of an anomalous, small, and constant Doppler frequency drift. The drift is a blue-shift, uniformly changing at the rate of (5.99 +/- 0.01) x 10^{-9} Hz/s. The signal also can be interpreted as a constant acceleration of each particular spacecraft of (8.74 +/- 1.33) x 10^{-8} cm/s^2 directed toward the Sun. This interpretation has become known as the Pioneer anomaly. We provide a problem set based on the detailed investigation of this anomaly, the nature of which remains unexplained.
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