A MISSION TO TEST THE PIONEER ANOMALY: ESTIMATING THE MAIN SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS

2007/02/28 by Orfeu Bertolami, O. Bertolami, Jorge Páramos +1 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Planetary Science and Exploration #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0218271807011000

published as Int.J.Mod.Phys.D16:1611-1623,2007 · 9 pages, 1 table, 2 figures; based on a talk presented by one of us (O.B.) at the 2nd. Pioneer Anomaly Group Meeting at the International Space Science Institute, 19-23 February 2007

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Abstract

We estimate the main systematic effects relevant in a mission to test and characterize the Pioneer anomaly through the flight formation concept, by launching probing spheres from a mother spacecraft and tracking their motion via laser ranging.

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