A mission to test the Pioneer anomaly: estimating the main systematic effects
arXiv:gr-qc/0702149 · doi:10.1142/S0218271807011000
Abstract
We estimate the main systematic effects relevant in a mission to test and characterize the Pioneer anomaly through the flight formation concept, by launching probing spheres from a mother spacecraft and tracking their motion via laser ranging.
9 pages, 1 table, 2 figures; based on a talk presented by one of us (O.B.) at the 2nd. Pioneer Anomaly Group Meeting at the International Space Science Institute, 19-23 February 2007