On 17/4/2008 6:01 PM, Michel Jullian wrote: > I agree 100%, what would seem anomalous to me would be no "anomalies" in the > trajectories. > > Michel
sorry? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robin van Spaandonk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 12:01 AM > Subject: Re: [Vo]:V'Ger must evolve > > > In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:46:08 -0500: > Hi, > [snip] > Possible effects: > > 1) Tidal. > 2) Friction with space dust. > 3) Interaction with the Solar wind. > 4) Uneven solar heating. > 5) Gravitational interaction with the Oort cloud &/or Kuiper belt (only > mentioned because no one knows their mass or distribution, hence they can't > possibly have been properly taken into consideration.) > 6) Electric charge on the craft, either residual or built up through > interaction > with the solar wind &/or friction. > 7) Magnetic field of the space craft interacting with the magnetic field of > the > Earth &/or Sun. (Magnetic field generated through rotation of the craft, > causing > the residual electrostatic charge to rotate.) > 8) All of the above. > > I write this list just to show that any such calculations are probably based > upon simplified models which most likely ignore most is not all of the above. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk Perturbation modelling is not what I would call bold science. ;-) Harry
