arXiv 0809.26822008-09gr-qcphysics.space-ph

Pioneer 10 Doppler data analysis: disentangling periodic and secular anomalies

A. Levy, B. Christophe, P. Berio, G. Metris, J-M. Courty, S. Reynaud

备注：: 13 pages, 6 figures, minor amendments
发表信息：: Advances in Space Research 43 (2009) 1538-1544
DOI：: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.01.003

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This paper reports the results of an analysis of the Doppler tracking data of Pioneer probes which did show an anomalous behaviour. A software has been developed for the sake of performing a data analysis as independent as possible from that of J. Anderson et al. \citep{anderson}, using the same data set. A first output of this new analysis is a confirmation of the existence of a secular anomaly with an amplitude about 0.8 nms$^{-2}$ compatible with that reported by Anderson et al. A second output is the study of periodic variations of the anomaly, which we characterize as functions of the azimuthal angle $φ$ defined by the directions Sun-Earth Antenna and Sun-Pioneer. An improved fit is obtained with periodic variations written as the sum of a secular acceleration and two sinusoids of the angles $φ$ and $2φ$. The tests which have been performed for assessing the robustness of these results are presented.

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