Earth's rotation may account for wayward spacecraft
Earth's rotation may account for wayward spacecraft
New Scientist news service Mar. 4, 2008
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A mysterious phenomenon causing
small, unexpected deviations in
robotic spacecraft trajectories near
Earth may be a step closer to an
explanation. Scientists at NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory have come
up with a mathematical formula that
successfully reproduces all the
known occurrences of the effect, and
they suspect the Earth's rotation...
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