Have you ever tried to paint an asteroid? :-)
I would assume that a lot depends upon the magnitude of the force that you calculate is needed to force the thing away from the Earth. Dave -----Original Message----- From: mixent <mix...@bigpond.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 11:57 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Near miss - hopefully In reply to David Roberson's message of Mon, 4 Feb 2013 23:29:27 -0500 (EST): Hi, [snip] >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. True, however I don't see the sense in painting only one side white. Why not the whole thing? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
