also: たいようはん
A spacecraft propulsion method using radiation pressure from sunlight. Also called ソーラーセイル.
See also: ソーラーセイル
A probe equipped with a solar sail was launched.
Standard kanji form. The reading たいようほ is more common than たいようはん.
Alternate reading; less common than たいようほ.
Compound of 太陽 (taiyō, 'sun') and 帆 (ho, 'sail'). A calque of English 'solar sail'.