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I could have sworn there were problems with Pluto's orbit where it was faster/slower than it should have been, but it looks like I'm wrong. >Specifically, this
by Zamicol 8y ago
I could have sworn there were problems with Pluto's orbit where it was faster/slower than it should have been, but it looks like I'm wrong.
>Specifically, this paper shows that, contrary to recent assertions in the literature, the current
ephemeris for Pluto does not preclude the existence of the Pioneer effect. We show that the orbit
of Pluto is currently not well enough characterized to make such an assertion.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.0030.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.0030.pdf
- bsder 8y agoThe Pioneer Effect has been explained as "anisotropic radiation pressure caused by the spacecraft's heat loss". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_anomaly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_anomaly
- nonbel 8y agoThat's an interesting case because they "solved" the problem by basically increasing the estimated uncertainty. See the dual sets of error bars in Fig 3: https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2507 https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2507