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Yarkovsky effect: a standalone construct

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Planetary science

a small thrust on a rotating asteroid from uneven thermal re-emission of sunlight, slowly changing its orbit.

In planetary science, Yarkovsky effect refers to a small thrust on a rotating asteroid from uneven thermal re-emission of sunlight, slowly changing its orbit. This meaning comes from Bottke (2006) in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences.[1]

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References

Bottke, W. F., Vokrouhlický, D., Rubincam, D. P., & Nesvorný, D. (2006). The Yarkovsky and YORP effects: Implications for asteroid dynamics. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 34(1), 157-191. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.earth.34.031405.125154

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