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John Henry Poynting John Henry Poynting Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (9 September 185230 March 1914) was an English physicist. He was the first professor of physics at Mason Science College from 1880 to 1900, and then the successor institution, the University ...

(1852–1914), a British physicist, after whom are named: **

Poynting vector In physics, the Poynting vector (or Umov–Poynting vector) represents the directional energy flux (the energy transfer per unit area, per unit time) or '' power flow'' of an electromagnetic field. The SI unit of the Poynting vector is the wat ...

, a representation of the energy flux of an electromagnetic field ** Poynting's theorem on conservation of energy in electromagnetic field **

Poynting (lunar crater) Poynting is a large Lunar craters, lunar impact crater located on the Far side (Moon), far side of the Moon. It is located to the north-northwest of the walled plain Hertzsprung (crater), Hertzsprung, with the crater Fersman (crater), Fersman i ...

, crater on the Moon ** Poynting (Martian crater), crater on Mars ** 11063 Poynting, a main-belt asteroid

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