Minduli Wijayatunga

1 articles · 4 co-authors · latest: 2026-07-11
106 citations · h-index 5 · 25 papersData: Semantic Scholar

We have retold 1 papers by this author. most often about: transit method, exoplanet. 4 co-authors across our retellings.

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Instrumentation2026-07-112 minarXiv:2607.10150express
Sailing a Solar Yacht Through Alien Worlds
A solar sail doesn't move on water but in space, and it's pushed not by wind but by the pressure of sunlight. Such a spacecraft can fly for years without spending a drop of fuel. Steering it is like sailing a yacht across an ocean where the currents are planetary gravity and the gusts of wind are shifting sunlight.