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Subject: Re: circumstellar dust
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Date: Sat, 9-Jun-84 01:49:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  9 01:49:00 1984
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	Could you explain the radiation drag mechanism?. I don't quite
see how it causes orbital decay, although it is clear that such an
effect depends on the surface area/mass ratio of theorbiting particle.
				Emilio P. Calius
				Stanford U.
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