When the Pioneer twins were about 15 AU from the Sun the trajectory anomaly was detected. Has the cause(s) for this anomaly been explained ? Or it it still being investigated ?
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When the Pioneer twins were about 15 AU from the Sun the trajectory anomaly was detected. Has the cause(s) for this anomaly been explained ? Or it it still being investigated ?
The post by "The Pioneer AnonalyHalold14370" answered the question, note below.
After a superhuman effort, the anomaly has been explained as due to the thermal recoil force (largely from the RTG). See Pioneer anomaly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and particularly the full paper by Turyshev et al. (see reference list at end of wiki entry).
Thanks tk421, I read it and it agrees with Harold4370. So I can close this post.
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