Non-gravitational Force

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5228. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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A force which is not gravitational in origin that acts on a celestial body to alter its orbit. The term is used in connection with comets, in which the outgassing of volatile material through vents leading to the surface of the nucleus can give rise to jets. Strong jets can behave as rockets and alter comets' orbits, in much the same way as the gravitational perturbations to which they are also s...

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