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Old April 8th 04, 12:13 PM
Peter Harding
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Default if photons in motion have mass and energy why don't they knock stuff over

In article , says...
What about those small propels that "mysteriously" spin when they are put
close to a source of light. Is not the momentum of the photons that make
them spin?


No - it's the higher momentum transfer to gas molecules from the warmer
dark sides of the vanes.