This thesis presents fundamental work that explains two mysteries concerning the trajectory of interplanetary spacecraft. For the first problem, the so-called Pioneer anomaly, a wholly new and innovative method was developed for computing all contributions to the acceleration due to onboard thermal sources. Through a careful analysis of all parts of the spacecraft Pioneer 10 and 11, the application of this methodology has yielded the observed anomalous acceleration. This marks a major achievement, given that this problem remained unsolved for more than a decade.
For the second anomaly, the flyby anomaly, a tiny glitch in the velocity of spacecraft that perform gravity assisting maneuvers on Earth, no definitive answer is put forward; however a quite promising strategy for examining the problem is provided and a new mission is proposed. The proposal largely consists in using the Galileo Navigational Satellite System to track approaching spacecraft, and in considering a small test body that approaches Earth from a highly elliptic trajectory.
For the second anomaly, the flyby anomaly, a tiny glitch in the velocity of spacecraft that perform gravity assisting maneuvers on Earth, no definitive answer is put forward; however a quite promising strategy for examining the problem is provided and a new mission is proposed. The proposal largely consists in using the Galileo Navigational Satellite System to track approaching spacecraft, and in considering a small test body that approaches Earth from a highly elliptic trajectory.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9783319189796
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-3-319-18979-6
- Verlag: Springer International Publishing
- Erscheinungstermin: 12.06.2015
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 2015
- Serie: Springer Theses
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 336 g
- Seiten: 87
- Format (B x H x T): 160 x 241 x 12 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt