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Poynting-Robertson effect
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English
Etymology
Named after English physicist John Henry Poynting (1852–1914) and American mathematician Howard P. Robertson (1903–1961).
Proper noun
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en astrophysics A process by which solar radiation causes a dust grain orbiting a star to lose angular momentum relative to its orbit around the star.
en Poynting-Robertson drag
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