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  • The PoyntingRobertson effect, also known as PoyntingRobertson drag, named after John Henry Poynting and Howard P. Robertson, is a process by which solar...
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    classic book on mathematical population biology to Poynting. Poynting predicted the 'Poynting-Robertson effect', whereby a particle of dust orbiting a star...
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  • named after John Henry Poynting, an English physicist. In solid mechanics, the Poynting effect is a Finite strain theory effect observed when an elastic...
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  • expanding universe. His name is most often associated with the PoyntingRobertson effect, the process by which solar radiation causes a dust mote orbiting...
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    lesser extent by radiation pressure from the Sun – the PoyntingRobertson effect and the Yarkovsky effect. These trails of meteoroids cause meteor showers when...
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    Earth for at least the next 100 years. Asteroid PoyntingRobertson effect Radiation pressure YORP effect Beekman, George (2005). "The nearly forgotten scientist...
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  • Yarkovsky effect PoyntingRobertson effect Radiation pressure Doppler effect McDonough, T. R. (1975). "Effects of Stellar Spin and Diameter on the Poynting-Robertson...
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  • Positivity effect (aging) (cognition) (cognitive biases) (memory) (memory biases) (psychological theories) (psychology) Poynting effect (gases) Poynting–Robertson...
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    Poynting vector Poynting's theorem PoyntingRobertson effect Quantum optics Solar constant Solar sail Sunlight Wave–particle duality Yarkovsky effect...
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    the impact of micrometeorites upon the asteroids. Due to the PoyntingRobertson effect, the pressure of solar radiation causes this dust to slowly spiral...
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    be significant for small objects over millions of years. The Poynting-Robertson effect is a force opposing the object's velocity caused by asymmetric...
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  • falls apart into smaller zodiacal dust grains over time. The PoyntingRobertson effect forces the dust into more circular (but still elongated) orbits...
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    science book by Avi Loeb Optical lift – Lifting force due to light PoyntingRobertson effect – Process in which solar radiation causes a dust grain orbiting...
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  • Marcel Pourbaix Poynting effect, vector – John Henry Poynting PoyntingRobertson effect – John Henry Poynting and Howard P. Robertson Prandtl number –...
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  • estimated age of the disk, which may be explained by drag from the PoyntingRobertson effect causing the dust to spiral inward. It has two faint companions...
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    very tenuous disks such as the ones in the Solar System, the PoyntingRobertson effect can cause particles to spiral inward instead. Both processes limit...
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  • the orbit of a binary system perturbed by a distant third body PoyntingRobertson effect – Process in which solar radiation causes a dust grain orbiting...
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    grains to slowly spiral toward Epsilon Eridani, known as the PoyntingRobertson effect. At the same time, these dust particles can be destroyed through...
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  • September 9 – John Henry Poynting (died 1914), English physicist, discoverer of the PoyntingRobertson effect and the Poynting vector. September 15 – Edward...
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  • March 30 – John Henry Poynting (born 1852), English physicist, discovered the PoyntingRobertson effect and developed the Poynting vector. April 16 – George...
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