Thermal analysis of the Pioneer anomaly: A method to estimate radiative momentum transfer

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2008

Authors

bertolami, o (Author) Other; francisco, f (Author) Other; gil, pjs (Author) Other; paramos, j (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Vol. 78 No. 103508

ISSN: 1550-7998

Publisher: American Physical Society

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-VAV

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.78.103001

Abstract (EN): We present a methodology based on pointlike Lambertian sources that enables one to perform a reliable and comprehensive estimate of the overall thermally induced acceleration of the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft. We show, by developing a sensitivity analysis of the several parameters of the model, that one may achieve a valuable insight into the possible thermal origin of the so-called Pioneer anomaly.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11