The intensity of the sunlight that reaches Earth's upper atmosphere is approximately 1400 W/m 2. (a) What

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The intensity of the sunlight that reaches Earth's upper atmosphere is approximately 1400 W/m 2.
(a) What is the total average power output of the Sun, assuming it to be an isotropic source?
(b) What is the intensity of sunlight incident on Mercury, which is 5.8×1010 m from the Sun?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

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Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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