PT3 - Precision Tests at Sub-Millimeter Distances |
Speaker_ |
Laemmerzahl, Claus |
Co-autors |
H. Dittus, O. Preuss |
Talk _ |
The Flyby-Anomaly |
Abstract _ |
The flyby anomaly is an unexplained increase of the velocity of spacecraft during Earth flybys. This has been observed for Galileo, NEAR, Cassini, and Rosetta. We report on the observations. An error estimate shows that this effect cannot be explained by interaction with the atmosphere, by errors of the earth gravity model, by ocean and solid Earth tides, etc. Though being an open problem, we comment on attempted theoretical explanations. |