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Momentum and Newton's Laws
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A fully reflecting solar sail feels ___ the radiation pressure of a fully absorbing sail.
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double
💡 Explanation:
A fully reflecting sail experiences twice the radiation pressure of a fully absorbing sail because the photon momentum change is double (p to -p instead of p to 0).