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Hmm very interesting. So this would make it much more reflective, causing suns photons to bounce off and push it off orbit. In order to further understand this
by phragg 14y ago
Hmm very interesting. So this would make it much more reflective, causing suns photons to bounce off and push it off orbit.
In order to further understand this, and forgive me here if it sounds strange, would a flat black car essentially be 'faster' than a gloss white car due to lack of reflection?
- sp332 14y agoPhoton radiation pressure is almost immeasurably tiny. It takes years to make a smallish deflection, and that's exposed to hard radiation. A larger, related effect is visible with this desk toy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_radiometer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_radiometer