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bloopernova ◴[] No.41871978[source]
(I didn't understand the math in the paper)

Would this mean that a rotating body in space would eventually slow down? In other words, amplifying EM radiation draws energy from angular momentum?

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dvh ◴[] No.41872126[source]
There's a similar effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarkovsky_effect
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ptsneves ◴[] No.41873528[source]
On a wiki rabbit hole from that link to the Apophis asteroid, to rage and rage 2 video game plots.
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1. dekhn ◴[] No.41875404[source]
all such rabbit holes lead either to SCP or tvtropes.org