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Interaction of the Planets through the Solar Wind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

E. G. Bowen*
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney

Extract

It is usual to describe the motion of the planets around the sun in terms only of the gravitational forces between them. The purpose of this note is to point out that another form of interaction between bodies in the solar system is possible through the medium of the solar wind.

Type
Invited Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1967

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