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The Poynting-Robertson Effect on Solar Sails
Roman Ya. Kezerashvili, Justin F. Vazquez-Poritz
We consider a special relativistic effect, known as the Poynting-Robertson effect, on various types of trajectories of solar sails. Since this effect occurs at order , where…
Microscopic Approach to Analyze Solar-Sail Space-Environment Effects
Roman Ya. Kezerashvili, Gregory L. Matloff
Near-sun space-environment effects on metallic thin films solar sails as well as hollow-body sails with inflation fill gas are considered. Analysis of interaction of the solar radi…
The beryllium hollow-body solar sail: exploration of the Sun's gravitational focus and the inner Oort Cloud
Gregory L. Matloff, Roman Ya. Kezerashvili, Claudio Maccone +1
Spacecraft kinematics, peak perihelion temperature and space environment effects during solar-radiation-pressure acceleration for a beryllium hollow-body interstellar solar sail in…