Yarkovsky effect

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English

Etymology

Named after Polish-Russian civil engineer Ivan Yarkovsky.

Noun

Yarkovsky effect

  1. (astrophysics) A force acting on a rotating body in space caused by the anisotropic emission of thermal photons, which carry momentum.

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