In Chapter 5, we addressed the problems of light and its amazing nature. We discussed the twofold nature of light: wave and particle. As this book regards solar sailing as a non-rocket photon-driven propulsion mode, we shall primarily focus on the properties of solar light and, secondarily, on the light from planets.
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Vulpetti, G., Johnson, L., Matloff, G.L. (2009). Space Sources of Light. In: Solar Sails. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68500-7_15
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