Testing for the Pioneer anomaly on a Pluto exploration mission
Abstract
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The Doppler-tracking data of the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft show an unmodelled constant acceleration in the direction of the inner Solar System. An overview of the phenomenon, commonly dubbed the Pioneer anomaly, is given and the possibility for an experimental test of the anomaly as a secondary goal of an upcoming space mission is discussed using a putative Pluto orbiter probe as a paradigm.
6 pages, 2 figures. Talk at the 3rd International Conference on Frontier Science - Physics and Astrophysics in Space, Frascati, Italy, 14-19 June 2004
6 pages, 2 figures. Talk at the 3rd International Conference on Frontier Science - Physics and Astrophysics in Space, Frascati, Italy, 14-19 June 2004