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Radiation forces on small particles in the solar systemSolar radiation forces on small particles in the solar system are examined, and the resulting orbital evolution of interplanetary and circumplanetary dust is considered. An expression is derived for the effects of radiation pressure and Poynting-Robertson drag on small, spherical particles using the energy and momentum transformation laws of special relativity, and numerical examples are presented to illustrate that radiation pressure and Poynting-Robertson drag are only important for particles within a narrow size range. The orbital consequences of these radiation forces are considered both for heliocentric and planetocentric orbiting particles, and the coupling between particle sizes and dynamics is discussed. A qualitative derivation is presented for the differential Doppler effect, which is due to the differential Doppler shifting of radiation from approaching and receding solar hemispheres, and the Yarkovsky effect, which is important for rotating meter-to kilometer-sized particles, is briefly described.
Document ID
19790070469
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Burns, J. A.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, Calif.; Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., United States)
Lamy, P. L.
(CNRS Laboratoire d'Astronomie Spatiale, Marseille, France)
Soter, S.
(Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1979
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 40
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
79A54482
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-9683
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-74-20458-A01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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