In sci.space.policy Keith F. Lynch wrote:
Henry Spencer wrote:
Jonathan Silverlight wrote:
The discussion did veer that way (thanks to yours truly) but the
Voyagers aren't showing anomalous acceleration, AFAIK.

Rather, it's not practical to measure any. The Voyagers hold
attitude with thruster firings, and it's impractically difficult to
model those precisely enough to establish whether the Voyagers *are*
experiencing an anomalous acceleration similar to what was measured
with the Pioneers.

How hard would it be to hold attitude some other way? It's not like
the Voyagers have much else to do at this point. Might as well use
them to try to detect the anomalous acceleration.

As I understand it, it would be impossible.


I suspect it's something unique to the Pioneers. Maybe the helium
from the RTG decay preferentially leaked out in one direction?

--
Sander

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