Could Heat Radiation Solve the Pioneer Anomaly?

[S.Daedalus]

The very likely explanation of the apparent Pioneer anomaly through improved heat radiation models (https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=486509".

As luck would have it, just today I stumble upon an article on improved measurements of the Earth's gravitational field by the http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/01/tech-earth-gravity.html". I'd imagine the differences between this new model and previous ones to be rather small, but still, could they be enough to account for the flyby energy gains?

Of course, I'm happy to hear about any and all related thoughts, as well.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The very likely explanation of the apparent Pioneer anomaly through improved heat radiation models (https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=486509".

As luck would have it, just today I stumble upon an article on improved measurements of the Earth's gravitational field by the http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/01/tech-earth-gravity.html". I'd imagine the differences between this new model and previous ones to be rather small, but still, could they be enough to account for the flyby energy gains?

Of course, I'm happy to hear about any and all related thoughts, as well.

Have you seen the paper "Special relativity may account for the spacecraft flyby anomalies" by Jean Paul Mbelek, http://arxiv.org/abs/0809.1888" ?

 

[S.Daedalus]

Have you seen the paper "Special relativity may account for the spacecraft flyby anomalies" by Jean Paul Mbelek, http://arxiv.org/abs/0809.1888" ?

I'd seen the paper previously, but thanks for bringing it back to my attention. However, I was under the impression that NASA claimed that they did account for transverse Doppler effects, though I can't seem to find anything on that right now. It seems to me that this should be easy enough to settle if the paper is right, so why is there still talk about an anomaly?