A mission to test the Pioneer anomaly: estimating the main systematic effects
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-11-26 v2
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0702149,
title = {A mission to test the Pioneer anomaly: estimating the main systematic effects},
author = {O. Bertolami and J. Paramos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0702149},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
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