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Summary Of: Radiation pressure

Radiation pressure is about 10... As the radiation pressure scales as the fourth power of the temperature... radiation pressure is still quite small when compared to the gas pressure... radiation pressure is the dominant pressure component... would use radiation pressure from the Sun as a motive force...

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