English Explanatory Dictionary

Poynting-Robertson effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A process by which solar radiation causes a dust grain orbiting a star to lose angular momentum relative to its orbit around the star.

Word forms

Poynting-Robertson effect the Poynting-Robertson effect

Etymology

Named after English physicist John Henry Poynting (1852–1914) and American mathematician Howard P. Robertson (1903–1961).

Synonyms

Poynting-Robertson drag
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