Voyager 1 Spotted from Earth with radio antennas

[Richard O'Neill]

   I'm no fan of 'Dark Matter / Energy'. So far we haven't been able to 
see, touch, smell, taste or otherwise prove its existence. As with 
string theory, I consider it all just theoretical speculation. For now 
though, I'm more concerned with what's for lunch. :-)

Richard


On 9/17/2013 6:41 AM, Phil wrote:
> "The initial observations, which were made on February 21, placed 
> Voyager very near, but not precisely at its predicted location. The 
> difference was a few tenths of an arcsecond. An arcsecond is the 
> apparent size of a penny as seen from 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) away. 
> The second observations on June 1 produced similar results."
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> This observation is very interesting because the same thing has been 
> noted with the Pioneer probes. The small error could be explained 
> easily if Newton's theory of gravitation were to be modified with a 
> small second-order component. The significance of this is that, if it 
> were accepted that Newton's Law is merely a (very good) approximation, 
> the need to find the the so-far undetectable "dark matter" in the 
> Universe goes away - we don't need the extra mass to explain our 
> astronomical observations. It astonishes me that the vast majority of 
> scientists still insist that Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation is 
> absolute and exact.
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> Phil M1GWZ
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> On 17 Sep 2013, at 03:51, 3t3 wrote:
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>> ALCON -
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>> Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Very Long 
>> Baseline Array (VLBA) and Green Bank Telescope (GBT) spotted the 
>> faint radio glow from NASA's famed Voyager 1 spacecraft -- the most 
>> distant man-made object.
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>> www.space-travel.com/reports/Voyager_1_Spotted_from_Earth_with_NRAOs_VLBA_and_GBT_Telescopes_999.html 
>> <http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Voyager_1_Spotted_from_Earth_with_NRAOs_VLBA_and_GBT_Telescopes_999.html> 
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