NH Paper published.........Dynamic Universe Model Predicts the Live Trajectory of New Horizons Satellite Going To Pluto

Applied Physics Research; Vol. 7, No. 4; 2015

ISSN 1916-9639   E-ISSN 1916-9647

Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education

Dynamic Universe Model Predicts the Live Trajectory of New

Horizons Satellite Going To Pluto

S. N. P. Gupta1

1 Retd AGM ( C&IT) Bhilai steel Plant, Bhilai, 490001, CG, India

Correspondence: S. N. P. Gupta, Retd AGM (C&IT) Bhilai steel Plant, Retd AGM (C&IT) Bhilai steel Plant,

Bhilai, 490001, CG, India. Tel: 91-964-409-6888 / 788-222-4670. E-mail: snp.gupta@gmail.com

Received: March 16, 2014   Accepted: May 27, 2015   Online Published: June xx, 2015

doi:10.5539/apr.v7n4px          URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/apr.v7n4px

In this paper, Dynamic Universe Model is used for prediction of trajectory of New Horizons (NH) satellite from 3rd Jan 2009 to 1st Jan 2017, taking trajectory ephemerides data of Jan 1&2, 2009 from NASA’s official web of NH, as basis. The NH web gives data up to 1st Sept 2015 as on 20 Jul 2014. The present calculated data from Dynamic Universe Model is given up to 1st Jan 2017, which is 16 months more than the available data. And further trajectory data also can be calculated. It may please be noted the error percentage in predictions went to a maximum in error percentages (0.24 %, -0.0009 %, -0.05 %) compared with NH web for the same date in XYZ coordinates, where as error percentages started from -0.002%, 0.00016 %, -0.0003 % for XYZ coordinates

Keywords: dynamic universe model, New Horizons (NH) satellite, Pluto Mission, Satellite Trajectory