Yarkovsky effect
nounEtymology Named after Polish-Russian civil engineer Ivan Yarkovsky.
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Astrophysics A force acting on a rotating body in space caused by the anisotropic emission of thermal photons, which carry momentum.
noun
Etymology Named after Polish-Russian civil engineer Ivan Yarkovsky.
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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