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Dust orbit released from a circular parent ring

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If release imparts no velocity kick, a grain's initial Kepler orbit under reduced stellar attraction has q=rb​, Q=rb​/(1−2β), and e=β/(1−β) for 0≤β<1/2. Its pericentre distance remains at the dust birth ring, while its apocentre distance grows with the radiation-pressure coefficient.

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