PIONEER ANOMALY? GRAVITATIONAL PULL DUE TO THE KUIPER BELT

DOI10.1142/S0218271806008279MaRDI QIDQ5481898zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors José A. de Diego, D. Núñez, Jesús Zavala

Publication date 24 August 2006

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0503368

zbMATH Keywords

dark matterpioneer anomalygravitational pull

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

Abstract: In this work we study the gravitational influence of the material extending from Uranus orbit to the Kuiper belt and beyond on objects moving within these regions. We conclude that a density distribution given by $ho(r)=frac1r$ (for $rgeq20UA$) generates a constant acceleration towards the Sun on those objects, which, with the proper amount of mass, accounts for the blue shift detected on the Pioneers space crafts. We also discuss the effect of this gravitational pull on Neptune, and comment on the possible origin of such a matter distribution.

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