Y5009400 (yär-kôv′skē)n. The anisotropic emission of light from very small solar system bodies, whose photons often carry away enough momentum to alter the orbits of the bodies.
Yarkovsky effect
Yarkovsky effect
[yär′käf·skē i‚fekt] (astronomy) The effect of a small particle's rotation on its orbit about the sun, due to anisotropic reradiation.