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To: neverdem

Turns out to be the pressure of infrared light emitted from the forward facing heat sinks of the equipment on board.


3 posted on 07/24/2012 3:49:56 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Support for the Thermal Origin of the Pioneer Anomaly
4 posted on 07/24/2012 4:37:46 AM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

wow- they canb detext pressure that small? (or the change from it?)

That’s pretty amazing

It also means it will eventuall slow the craft down and stop it.

Does anyone know what the lifetime of the power supply is?


32 posted on 07/24/2012 9:14:42 AM PDT by Mr. K ("The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum [of good]")
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To: HiTech RedNeck; neverdem
Turns out to be the pressure of infrared light emitted from the forward facing heat sinks of the equipment on board.

Sounds just as reasonable as...

Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.

46 posted on 07/24/2012 7:03:47 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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