NASA's Space-Probes Pioneer Anomaly and the Mass-Charge Repulsive Force
Chung Y. Lo
Keywords: pioneer anomaly, repulsive force, charge-mass interaction, charged capacitors, E = mc2
It is reported that something has gradually dragged two of America's oldest space probes-Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11- a quarter-million miles off course. This is called the pioneer anomaly. Astrophysicists have struggled for 15 years in vain to identify the infinitesimal force at play. It is shown that the anomaly should be due to a newly discovered force from the sun. Such a force is due to a charge - mass interaction, derived from general relativity. For a charge q and another particle of mass m, with a distance r between them, the static repulsive force is q2m/r3. Furthermore, such a force is not subject to electromagnetic screening, and this has been verified experimentally. Because of the r-3 - dependence, the repulsive force becomes increasingly negligible as the distance r increases. This effect can be observed as the pioneer orbital anomaly. It is conjectured also that the anomaly of a planetary probe would be due to charge-mass interaction that includes the current-mass attractive force. Thus, all of the anomalies are related to the mass-charge interaction and thus are natural consequences of extending general relativity. Concurrently, it is pointed out that Einstein's equivalence principle is also crucial in understanding unification. 04.20.-q, 04.20.Cv
