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If Photons Carry Momentum Despite Having No Mass, Does the Sun's Output Move Planets' Orbits?

The sun outputs countless amounts of photons that all collide with planets. These photons obviously carry energy and get expelled as heat or can be harvested as energy, but they also carry momentum.  Even if only a tiny amount, do these photons push on planets and move their orbits?
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They push, yes, that’s why solar sails work. But the area of a planet compared to its mass means the push is so small it is utterly overwhelmed by all the other things that can push planets around in their orbits.