Improved Bounds on Non-Luminous Matter in Solar Orbit

Anderson, J.; Lau, E.; Krisher, T.; Dicus, D.; Rosenbaum, D.; Teplitz, V.

dc.contributor.author	Anderson, J.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lau, E.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Krisher, T.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dicus, D.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rosenbaum, D.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Teplitz, V.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2004-10-05T05:17:33Z
dc.date.available	2004-10-05T05:17:33Z
dc.date.issued	1994
dc.identifier.clearanceno	94-1085
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/33151
dc.description.abstract	We improve, using a larger set of observations including Voyager 2 Neptune flyby data, previous bounds on the amount of dark matter (DM) trapped in a spherically symmetric distribution about the sun. We bound DM by noting that such a distribution would increase the effective mass of the sun as seen by the outer planets and by finding the uncertainty in that effective mass for Uranus and Neptune in fits to the JPL Developmental Ephermeris residuals, including optical data and those two planets' Voyager 2 flybys. We extend our previous procedure by fitting more parameters of the developmental ephemerides. Additionally, we present here the values for Pioneer 10 and 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 Jupiter ranging normal points (and incorporate these data as well).	en_US
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dc.subject.other	dark matter Deep Space Network DSN Voyager Neptune Uranus solar mass	en_US
dc.title	Improved Bounds on Non-Luminous Matter in Solar Orbit	en_US