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t1_ixhcjnj wrote

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More like the pressure that photons creates as they travel.

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t1_ixhcxtd wrote

Solar wind and presumably "star wind" conventionally refers to charged particles being lost from the corona of the star and traveling through space. This has nothing to do with photochemistry which involves light itself.

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t1_ixhdi6o wrote

I know that. I was referring to the comment about star wind. Yes it's charged particles being released but photonic pressure plays a part also. Wasn't referring the chemistry but the physics.

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