Physical Interpretation of the Poynting-Robertson Effect

dc.contributor.author	Srikanth, R
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-06T11:19:27Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-06T11:19:27Z
dc.date.issued	1999-07
dc.identifier.citation	Icarus, Vol. 140, No.1, pp. 231 - 234	en
dc.identifier.issn	0019-1035
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3419
dc.description	Restricted Access	en
dc.description.abstract	Although the prevalent mathematical description of the Poynting-Robertson effect is correct, its physical interpretation is sometimes problematic. By means of a two-parameter model, we revisit the effect in order to get a better physical understanding of it. The principal conclusion is that the motion of a dust in circumsolar orbit is governed only by solar radiation absorption and not by the asymmetry of reemission, even when viewed in the rest-frame of the Sun.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Academic press	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999Icar..140..231S	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/icar.1999.6136	en
dc.subject	Poynting-Robertson effect	en
dc.subject	Solar System	en
dc.subject	Dust	en
dc.title	Physical Interpretation of the Poynting-Robertson Effect	en
dc.type	Article	en