Probing the flyby anomaly with the future STE-QUEST mission

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Jorge Paramos (Author) FCUP; Hechenblaikner, G (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Planetary and Space Science

Vol. 79-80

Pages: 76-81

ISSN: 0032-0633

Publisher: Elsevier

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 10 Citations

Scopus - 5 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-005-16A

DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.02.005

Abstract (EN): In this study, we demonstrate that the flyby anomaly, an unexpected acceleration detected in some of the gravitational assists of the Galileo, NEAR, Cassini and Rosetta spacecraft, could be probed by accurate orbital tracking available in the proposed Space-Time Explorer and Quantum Equivalence Principle Space Test (STE-QUEST); following a recent work, we focus on the similarity between a hyperbolic flyby and the perigee passage in a highly elliptic orbit of the latter, as well as its Global Navigation Satellite System precise orbital determination capabilities.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6