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Old 07-March-2007, 05:28 AM
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Default Re: Pioneer 10's Anomaly

One wonders if it had a close encounter with a small Kuiper Belt object. Not a hit, but close enough to affect it gravitationally and thus alter its acceleration and trajectory.

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[edit]Myles Standish, who calculates trajectories of solar system bodies for JPL, says he feels the Earth fly-by anomaly is almost certainly due to an error in measurement or an incomplete analysis using ordinary physics.

http://www.newscientist.com
Is he the spokesman for Professor Alden?
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