P3_9 Solar Sails

Authors

  • Michael Perry
  • Nathan Pilkington
  • John Bettles
  • Iain Clarke

Abstract

The goal of this paper was to determine if it would be possible to leave the solar system using the power of a solar sail alone. It was determined to be unrealistic as for a 1kg mass a square sail with sides of length 267km would be needed to overcome the gravitational force due the Sun.

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Published

12-12-2011

How to Cite

Perry, M., Pilkington, N., Bettles, J., & Clarke, I. (2011). P3_9 Solar Sails. Physics Special Topics, 10(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/2040

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2011): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles