Even if they spin, the reflection from the painted side would generate a net force away from the sun's location. This assumes your paint is more reflective than the raw untreated surface.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: mixent <mix...@bigpond.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 11:03 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Near miss - hopefully In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 4 Feb 2013 16:31:30 -0500: Hi, [snip] >So it is about the same as a 1.5 ton car whacking into 20 g songbird. Not >likely to deflect the path much. But even a tiny effect will change the >orbit significantly over time. That is why they are talking about >deflection techniques for meteorites such as painting one side white, to >increase the effect of sunlight. Like a Crooks radiometer. > ..since they usually spin, I doubt that would be a useful approach. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
