In reply to Grimer's message of Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:34:51 +0000: Hi Frank, [snip] >At 05:50 pm 23/02/2006 +1100, you wrote: >>In reply to Grimer's message of Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:33:43 +0000: >>Hi Frank, >>[snip] >>>Basically the exercise was based on seeing the inverse square law of >>>gravity as the difference between two inverse linear laws, with the >>>incoming gravitation pressure pushing stars together being slightly >>>greater than the outgoing radiation pressure pushing stars apart. > >>[snip] > >>Haven't you missed the centrifugal force? I would think this would >>be vastly greater (by very many orders of magnitude) than outgoing >>radiation pressure. [snip] >I don't follow you.
I assumed that by "radiation pressure" you were referring to the radiation pressure caused by the light emitted by stars. Was I wrong to make this assumption? [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
