Yarkovsky Effect

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Jul 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002eaa..booke5489.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5489. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Asteroids

Scientific paper

The Yarkovsky effect changes the rotation and the orbit of a body
orbiting in the Solar System by the asymmetrical re-radiation of thermal
energy from the Sun. The effect constitutes a non-gravitational force
which causes the orbits of smaller, kilometer-sized asteroids to change
over time....

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