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- Could Solar Radiation Pressure Explain Oumuamua’s Peculiar Acceleration? https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.11490 36 comments
- [Astronomy] Could Solar Radiation Pressure Explain 'Oumuamua's Peculiar Acceleration? https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.11490v2 5 comments science
- Explaining Oumuamua’s Peculiar Acceleration with Solar Radiation Pressure | Bialy and Loeb consider the possibility that Oumuamua could in fact be a light sail, a form of spacecraft that relies on radiation pressure to generate propulsion – similar to what Breakthrough Starshot is working on. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.11490.pdf 3 comments science