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Can conventional forces really explain the anomalous acceleration of Pioneer 10/11 ?

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 Added by Jean-Paul Mbelek
 Publication date 2003
  fields Physics
and research's language is English




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A conventional explanation of the correlation between the Pioneer 10/11 anomalous acceleration and spin-rate change is given. First, the rotational Doppler shift analysis is improved. Finally, a relation between the radio beam reaction force and the spin-rate change is established. Computations are found in good agreement with observational data. The relevance of our result to the main Pioneer 10/11 anomalous acceleration is emphasized. Our analysis leads us to conclude that the latter may not be merely artificial.



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