Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2006-01-14
New Astron. 11 (2006) 600-607
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Latex2e, 19 pages, 3 tables, 10 figures, 18 references. Authorship changed; new figures added for a direct comparison with the
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.newast.2006.04.001
In this paper we investigate the effects that an anomalous acceleration as that experienced by the Pioneer spacecraft after they passed the 20 AU threshold would induce on the orbital motions of the Solar System planets placed at heliocentric distances of 20 AU or larger as Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. It turns out that such an acceleration, with a magnitude of 8.74\times 10^-10 m s^-2, would affect their orbits with secular and short-period signals large enough to be detected according to the latest published results by E.V. Pitjeva, even by considering errors up to 30 times larger than those released. The absence of such anomalous signatures in the latest data rules out the possibility that in the region 20-40 AU of the Solar System an anomalous force field inducing a constant and radial acceleration with those characteristics affects the motion of the major planets.
Giudice Giuseppe
Iorio Lorenzo
No associations
LandOfFree
What do the orbital motions of the outer planets of the Solar System tell us about the Pioneer anomaly? does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with What do the orbital motions of the outer planets of the Solar System tell us about the Pioneer anomaly?, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and What do the orbital motions of the outer planets of the Solar System tell us about the Pioneer anomaly? will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-526445