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Meaning of Poynting-Robertson drag | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Synonym of Poynting-Robertson effect.

Examples

“To study ⟳ the observability of the martian dust belts in this paper, we employed our dynamical code that numerically integrates orbit-averaged equations of motion of a circummartian particle in Lagrange elements derived by Krivov et al. (1996)[…], which we recently generalized to accommodate the Poynting–Robertson drag ⟳ (Makuch et al., 2005).”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Poynting-Robertson effect Poynting's theorem Poynton Poynton with Worth Poyntz Poyntzpass

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