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YORP effects

YORP effects is the plural of YORP effect.

Meaning of YORP effect

Noun

YORP effect (plural YORP effects)

  1. The effect of solar radiation on an asymmetric asteroid or other small body whereby its rate of rotation increases, potentially leading to the object's eventual disintegration.

Questions about YORP effects

What is YORP effects the plural of?
YORP effects is the plural of YORP effect.

Words near YORP effects in the dictionary

  1. Yoron
  2. Yoros
  3. Yorouk
  4. Yorouks
  5. YORP effect
  6. YORP effects
  7. yorself
  8. yorsh
  9. Yorton
  10. yortsayt
  11. yortsayts

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