Recent content by Ivan Alexander

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    Graduate Anomalous acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11

    Garth, just a note, but the above (my bold) has a curious relationship, in that the first result, ad = (2.92 ± 0.44) × 10−18 s-1, if taking the square root, then dividing by two, the answer is very close to the second result, aP = (8.74 ± 1.33) × 10−10 m/s2... (viz. 8.544E-10 m/s.) Cheers, Ivan
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    High School Does blackhole have strong magnetic field?

    A quick Google on "black hole magnetic" yields this interesting article by Physorg.com: http://www.physorg.com/news79361214.html , titled "Scientists Determine the Nature of Black Hole Jets." They say: However, it is not clear why these jets generate a magnetic field since we are not sure...
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    Graduate Was Newton in Error? Philosophical Prejudice & MOND Theory

    Is there a MOND like ‘modifier’ for our solar system, but gentler? Newton postulated that his gravity ratio between masses is a ‘universal constant’ G, and it had been used as such ever since. However, though we get good orbital results for our solar system, this ran into difficulty when...