How about the Kuiper Belt?

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Socrates II — 3/7/2008 2:16:23 PM (archived)

Billions of objects shrouding the outer Sol system - small as most
of them are, might their combined mass affect little metal probes
sailing through them? Have their orbits and masses been taken
into account?

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NASA Baffled by Unexplained Force Acting on Space Probes - Eric - 3/1/2008 5:41:17 AM
- Galileo II? What's that about? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/1/2008 7:54:02 PM
  - Pioneer I II (n/t) - et - 3/2/2008 5:26:37 AM
  - Typo. (n/t) - Jacob - 3/2/2008 2:35:19 AM
- re: Very Interesting. - Vince - 3/1/2008 6:08:57 PM
  - It re-inforces previous readings from Pioneer 10 and 11 - Eric - 3/7/2008 1:22:31 AM
    - How about the Kuiper Belt? - Socrates II - 3/7/2008 2:16:23 PM
- Same subject as the one about NEAR, below (n/t) - Raoul - 3/1/2008 10:09:02 AM
  - Earth's rotation may account for wayward spacecraft - Socrates II - 3/5/2008 3:48:33 PM
    - NOT relativistic frame-dragging - nick hoffman - 3/5/2008 10:42:48 PM
      - re: NOT relativistic frame-dragging - borman - 3/6/2008 4:29:11 AM
        
        re: NOT relativistic frame-dragging - borman - 3/21/2008 1:05:08 AM
        
        re: NOT relativistic frame-dragging - borman - 3/7/2008 11:03:49 PM
        
        re: NOT relativistic frame-dragging - borman - 3/22/2008 3:50:11 AM
        
        re: NOT relativistic frame-dragging - borman - 3/13/2008 4:34:14 PM
      - Maglev Frogs - dtb - 3/5/2008 11:44:32 PM
    - re: Earth's rotation may account for wayward spacecraft. - ok, that may explain the 'near Earth' issue, but... - Marcia - 3/5/2008 8:48:14 PM

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