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Curious numerical coincidence to the Pioneer anomaly

Space Physics 2016-09-29 v2 General Physics

Abstract

One noticed a numerical coincidence between the Pioneer spacecrafts deceleration anomaly and (γ1)(\gamma-1), with γ\gamma the Lorentz factor. The match is not only for distances larger than 20 AU, but even for the observed slop between 10 and 20 AU. Such numerical link may eventually lead to a scientific hypothesis for future theoretical investigations.

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@article{arxiv.0910.1641,
  title  = {Curious numerical coincidence to the Pioneer anomaly},
  author = {Liviu Ivanescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.1641},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

letter, 3 pages, including figures 28 Sep 2016 update: added k = 1 m/s^2, as a unit coefficient carrying the acceleration units, suggesting a physical meaning for the observations