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solar radiation pressure

فشار ِ تابش ِ خورشید

fešâr-e tâbeš xoršid (#)

Fr.: pression du rayonnement solaire

The → radiation pressure of solar photons, which pushes a comet’s dust outward to form a → dust tail.

See also: → solar; → radiation; → pressure.