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Yarkovsky effect

force acting on a rotating body in space caused by the anisotropic emission of thermal photons, which carry momentum
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Yarkovsky effect

Summary

Yarkovsky effect is a force[1]. It draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (force category, ranking #3 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yarkovsky effect's image is recorded as YarkovskyEffect.svg[3].
  • Yarkovsky effect's instance of is recorded as force[4].
  • Jan Jarkowski is named after Yarkovsky effect[5].
  • Yarkovsky effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ct3j[6].
  • Yarkovsky effect's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Jarkovskij-effekten[7].
  • Yarkovsky effect's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "YarkovskyEffect"][8].
  • Yarkovsky effect's derivative work is recorded as Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect[9].
  • Yarkovsky effect's World of Physics ID is recorded as YarkovskyEffect[10].
  • Yarkovsky effect's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779678370[11].

Why It Matters

Yarkovsky effect draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (force category, ranking #3 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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