Something is rotten in the state of gravity - the flyby anomaly
Talk at the ANGLES "Final Whistle" workshop, 27-28 March 2008, Bonn
O. Wucknitz [1]
- Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Abstract
I give an overview of aspects of gravitation that we think we understand and others where this is not the case. The latter include the Pioneer anomaly and the flyby anomaly. The latter is discussed in a bit more detail, which includes preliminary results from some own simulations.
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Close encounter with a non-rotationg Earth to illustrate tidal energy losses
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