- qc / 0 60 81 27 v 1 2 9 A ug 2 00 6 Test of the Pioneer anomaly with the Voy - ager 2 radio - ranging distance measurements to Uranus and Neptune
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In this paper we test the hypothesis that the Pioneer anomaly can be of gravitational origin by comparing the predicted model-independent shifts ∆a/a for the semimajor axis of Uranus and Neptune with the Voyager 2 radio-technical distance measurements performed at JPLNASA. As in the case of other tests based on different methods and data sets (secular perihelion advance, right ascension/declination residuals over about one century), the orbits of the investigated planets are not affected by any anomalous acceleration like that experienced by the Pioneer 10/11 spacecraft.
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