INDICATION, FROM PIONEER-10 PIONEER-11, GALILEO, AND ULYSSES DATA, OFAN APPARENT ANOMALOUS, WEAK, LONG-RANGE ACCELERATION/

Authors
ANDERSON JD LAING PA LAU EL LIU AS NIETO MM TURYSHEV SG
Citation
Jd. Anderson et al., INDICATION, FROM PIONEER-10 PIONEER-11, GALILEO, AND ULYSSES DATA, OFAN APPARENT ANOMALOUS, WEAK, LONG-RANGE ACCELERATION/, Physical review letters, 81(14), 1998, pp. 2858-2861
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
81
Issue
14
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2858 - 2861
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)81:14<2858:IFPPGA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Radio metric data from the Pioneer 10/11, Galileo, and Ulysses spacecr aft indicate an apparent anomalous, constant, acceleration acting on t he spacecraft with a magnitude similar to 8.5 x 10(-8) cm/s(2), direct ed towards the Sun. Two independent codes and physical strategies have been used to analyze the data. A number of potential causes have been ruled out. We discuss future kinematic tests and possible origins of the signal.