Paper · S7477
Could Solar Radiation Pressure Explain 'Oumuamua's Peculiar Acceleration?
Bialy and Loeb develop a conditional radiation-pressure explanation for ’Oumuamua’s acceleration. Thin natural material and an artificial sail are discussed as possibilities; the calculations do not identify a spacecraft.
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Shmuel Bialy, Abraham Loeb. Could Solar Radiation Pressure Explain 'Oumuamua's Peculiar Acceleration?. October 26, 2018. BioParity S7477. https://bioparity.io/sources/S7477Record data (JSON)