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minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoYes, it’s called radiation pressure by emmision The formula for it is Irradiance^1 of the emission/speed of light. 1: irradiance is basically how much power per unit area is emmited by the object, it’s units are watt/m^2 As for the lasers thing, I’m not a 100% sure how effective that will be and TBH lasers are pretty complicated and I don’t really get them
Yes, it’s called radiation pressure by emmision
The formula for it is Irradiance^1 of the emission/speed of light.
1: irradiance is basically how much power per unit area is emmited by the object, it’s units are watt/m^2
As for the lasers thing, I’m not a 100% sure how effective that will be and TBH lasers are pretty complicated and I don’t really get them