A Prosaic Explanation for the Anomalous Accelerations Seen in Distant Spacecraft
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Anderson, et al. have recently reported the discovery of an apparent anomalous, weak, long-range acceleration in the Pioneer 10/11 and Ulysses spacecraft. I believe that this result can be explained by non-isotropic radiative cooling of the spacecraft electronics through passive radiators on the spacecraft surface. These radiators are preferentially placed on the anti-solar side of the spacecraft to avoid heating by solar radiation. The power transmitted through these radiator panels can explain the observed acceleration within the observational errors.
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