Study of the anomalous acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11

Details Study of the anomalous acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11 Study of the anomalous acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11

2001-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0104064v5

Phys.Rev.D65:082004,2002

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Version 4, of 11 Apr. 2002, with errata appended

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.65.082004

Our previous analyses of radio Doppler and ranging data from distant spacecraft in the solar system indicated that an apparent anomalous acceleration is acting on Pioneer 10 and 11, with a magnitude a_P ~ 8 x 10^{-8} cm/s^2, directed towards the Sun (anderson,moriond). Much effort has been expended looking for possible systematic origins of the residuals, but none has been found. A detailed investigation of effects both external to and internal to the spacecraft, as well as those due to modeling and computational techniques, is provided. We also discuss the methods, theoretical models, and experimental techniques used to detect and study small forces acting on interplanetary spacecraft. These include the methods of radio Doppler data collection, data editing, and data reduction. There is now further data for the Pioneer 10 orbit determination. The extended Pioneer 10 data set spans 3 January 1987 to 22 July 1998. [For Pioneer 11 the shorter span goes from 5 January 1987 to the time of loss of coherent data on 1 October 1990.] With these data sets and more detailed studies of all the systematics, we now give a result, of a_P = (8.74 +/- 1.33) x 10^{-8} cm/s^2. (Annual/diurnal variations on top of a_P, that leave a_P unchanged, are also reported and discussed.)

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