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Computer Sleuths Try To Crack Pioneer Anomaly
New Scientist ^
| 3-2-2007
| Stuart Clark
Posted on 03/02/2007 4:30:53 PM PST by blam
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To: xcamel
However, that is not the case here. This pops up off and on about every two years here. :-)
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posted on
03/02/2007 5:46:38 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior and Founding Member of Darwin Central)
To: ASOC
This was noted long before that.
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posted on
03/02/2007 5:47:29 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior and Founding Member of Darwin Central)
To: RadioAstronomer
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posted on
03/02/2007 5:50:09 PM PST
by
Kevmo
(Duncan Hunter just needs one Rudy G Campaign Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBtPIrEleM)
To: RadioAstronomer
OK.. explain why it's "not true here", when the accretion of mass on any object, along with positive and negative impacts of that mass on the object in it's trajectory, effects every other object in the universe to one extent or another.
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posted on
03/02/2007 5:51:02 PM PST
by
xcamel
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To: xcamel
It's natural for the spacecraft to slow down. It's been a long green flag run, the tires are worn down, the track is cooling & they're getting a little loose off the corners. Time to pit for new rubber.
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posted on
03/02/2007 5:52:41 PM PST
by
Tallguy
To: martin_fierro
The world does revolve around you.
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posted on
03/02/2007 5:57:23 PM PST
by
bmwcyle
(It is time to stop the left at the wall.)
To: Tallguy
ah, but those variables were a known quantity, and part of the programed trajectory.
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posted on
03/02/2007 5:58:08 PM PST
by
xcamel
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To: spokeshave
Re: My asking where does your lap go when you stand up?
spoke's answer:
.....global warming..?
That's only...
when standing...
in her presence!
Well, for me that is...
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posted on
03/02/2007 6:02:10 PM PST
by
Bender2
(Kate bakes my sail any day, any week...)
To: blam
My uncle worked on a portion of the power system for the Pioneer probe.
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posted on
03/02/2007 6:05:24 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.--William Goldman)
To: Bender2
Kate, the new frontier, definitely looking very pioneer probable.
Who needs space? The heavenly body has descended.
Nice Pic.
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posted on
03/02/2007 6:28:29 PM PST
by
Candor7
To: xcamel
We would see torques on the vehicle itself if the dust was thick enough to cause a delta-V. Also the instruments would have detected said dust.
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posted on
03/02/2007 7:47:40 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior and Founding Member of Darwin Central)
To: xcamel
microgravity would allow substantial amounts of material to accumulate under the right conditions. Not with the mass of the probes nor the short time involved.
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posted on
03/02/2007 7:49:02 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior and Founding Member of Darwin Central)
To: Kevmo
At these masses and velocities, the fine structure constant is just that. A constant.
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posted on
03/02/2007 7:50:05 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior and Founding Member of Darwin Central)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
Cool. I was in the Voyager control room during the Neptune flyby.
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posted on
03/02/2007 7:51:07 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior and Founding Member of Darwin Central)
To: RadioAstronomer
I taped the PBS special on Neptune at Night and would actually watch it when I came home after work. What was it, 20 minutes between new pictures being shown?
My kids used to bring friends over just to laugh at their crazy old man.
What a difference in generations.
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posted on
03/02/2007 8:27:15 PM PST
by
texas booster
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To: RadioAstronomer
RA, is not this same effect being observed by the Voyager spacecraft?
Speaking of which, as of now, (04:47 UTC 3/3/2007), Voyager 1 is 102.03 AU from Earth, and 102.00 AU from the sun.
Voyager 2 is 82.619 AU from Earth and 82.112 AU from the sun.
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posted on
03/02/2007 8:50:17 PM PST
by
zeugma
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To: zeugma
more Voyager trivia courtesy of
Celestia, the universe simulator... (Free for Linux, Mac and Windoze)
Click HERE for what the solar system would look like from VGER1 if you could see the orbits of the planets from there...
To give an idea of how far Voyager 1 has travelled, consider that Pluto is currently 31.356 AU from Earth, and 31.273 AU from the Sun.
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posted on
03/02/2007 9:04:58 PM PST
by
zeugma
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To: blam
I thought this would be about how they stuffed a whole house full of furniture Twelve kids and a set of silver in a covered wagon.
To: texas booster
Wow! How cool. :-) Glad you enjoyed!!!! Whoohoo
We used to watch the pictures being built pixel by pixel as the data streamed in and was decoded.
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posted on
03/02/2007 9:08:32 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior and Founding Member of Darwin Central)
To: zeugma
Indeed it is. I have the original papers on this. I need to dig them out.
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posted on
03/02/2007 9:09:24 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior and Founding Member of Darwin Central)
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