Suppose that the mirror described in Part A is initially at rest a distance R away from the sun. What is the critical value of a
rea density for the mirror at which the radiation pressure exactly cancels out the gravitational attraction from the sun?
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The gravitational acceleration at any distance r is given by
where G is the gravitational constant, M the Earth's mass and r is the distance measured from the center of the Earth.
The Earth's radius is , so the meteoroid is located at a distance of:
And by substituting this value into the previous formula, we can find the value of g at that altitude: