Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!LEE@SU-STAR From: LEE%SU-STAR@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: circumstellar dust Message-ID: <726@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Jun-84 01:49:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.726 Posted: Sat Jun 9 01:49:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jun-84 01:32:11 EDT Lines: 7 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. ------