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Categories: Doppler effects, Orbital perturbations, Radiation effects, Articles with short description, Cosmic dust
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Poynting–Robertson effect  Poynting-Robertson drag  Poynting-Robertson effect  Poynting drag  Poynting Robertson affect
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The Poynting–Robertson effect, also known as Poynting–Robertson drag, named after John Henry Poynting and Howard P. Robertson, is a process by which solar radiation causes a dust grain orbiting a star to lose angular momentum relative to its orbit around the star. Wikipedia
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The Poynting–Robertson effect, also known as Poynting–Robertson drag, named after John Henry Poynting and Howard P. Robertson, is a process by which solar radiation causes a dust grain orbiting a star to lose angular momentum relative to its orbit around the star. Wikipedia
Loss of angular momentum in orbiting dust grains due to stellar radiation Wikidata
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scientific theory
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John Henry Poynting
Howard P. Robertson
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Poynting–Robertson effect
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Poynting–Robertson effect
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Poynting-Robertson drag, Poynting-Robertson effect, Poynting drag, Poynting Robertson affect, Poynting Robertson drag, Poynting Robertson effect, Poynting–Robertson drag
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Poynting-Robertson effect

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