Pioneer Spacecraft Warmth Takes Heat off Relativity
Jul 23, 2012•1 min
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Episode description
The tiny slowing of the two Pioneer spacecraft, known as the Pioneer anomaly and considered by some to challenge general relativity, is probably due to the heat produced by electronics and radioactive decay. John Matson reports
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