Un-prosaic exposition of a prosaic explanation

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We have reported an anomalous acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11 directed towards the Sun of a_P = (8.74 \pm 1.25) \times 10^{-8} cm/s^2. Scheffer hypothesizes that the Pioneer anomaly can be accounted for by i) non-isotropic thermal radiation through the closed louvers and that ii) this radiation has been ``essentially constant throughout the mission.'' However, the actual physical and operational properties of the craft, supported by design and telemetry data, show that this hypothesis does not work.

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