Home > Terms > Spaniolă, America Latină (XL) > efecto Yarkovsky

efecto Yarkovsky

An explanation for the shift in an asteroid's orbit around the Sun due to a thermal thrust caused by the body's uneven heating by sunlight. The illuminated side of an asteroid absorbs the sunlight and heats up. After a short delay produced by thermal inertia, the asteroid re-radiates the thermal energy and this causes a recoil spin that pushes the asteroid away from its current orbital path. In 2003, scientists used radar data from the Arecibo Observatory of Asteroid 6489 "Golevka" to obtain the first-ever measurements of the Yarkovsky Effect. (Named for the Russian engineer who came up with the idea around the year 1900. )

0
Adăugare la Glosarul Meu

Ce doriţi să spuneţi?

Trebuie să vă conectaţi pentru a publica în discuţii.

Termeni la ştiri

Termeni dezvoltaţi

Gabriela Lozano
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Glosare

  • 7

    Followers

Industrie/Domeniu: Arheologie Categorie: Evoluţie

deriva genética

Changes in the frequencies of alleles in a population that occur by chance, rather than because of natural selection.