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We also have the flyby anomaly where multiple space probes flying past the earth do not exactly match the predictions of GR. So is GR therefore falsified? http
by kanzenryu2 7y ago
We also have the flyby anomaly where multiple space probes flying past the earth do not exactly match the predictions of GR. So is GR therefore falsified?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyby_anomaly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyby_anomaly
- monadic2 7y agoThere could be unaccounted mass (dark matter) or magnified sensor error, just off the top of my head. Lots of ways to interpret this result.
- ksaj 7y agoThe predictions are based on what we know is out there, and how we would expect it all to react with us simultaneously. So as long as we have it exactly understood and haven't missed anything whatsoever, then yes, it would be therefore falsified. But we can't make such a claim. I haven't really seen science work that way, since it isn't all that often we base our expectations solely on things we can completely account for. Science necessitates a certain amount of calculated projection. Theories are adjusted as new details are discovered, and only fools entertain themselves by resisting the bigger leaps needed to make actual discoveries.
- kanzenryu2 7y agoI'm not quite sure what you meant in the 2nd para. But I find it interesting that multiple probes showed the same effect. It's so compelling I wish they would send some missions specifically to test this even more precisely. The obvious parallel was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_anomaly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_anomaly which was finally solved. But who know at this point? Personally I think GR has to be "wrong", since it conflicts with QM, and if the 20th century showed us anything it's that QM alway wins.