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The sun radiates electromagnetic energy at the rate of $3.9 \times 10^{26}W$. Its radius is $6.96 \times 10^8m$. |
if the distance from the sun to the earth is 1.5 x 1011 m, then the intensity of sunlight on earth's surface will be-(in W/m2) |
1.38 x 103 2.76 x 104 5.52 x 105 None of these |
1.38 x 103 |
$ I_{earth} = \frac{P}{4\pi r_{earth}^2} = \frac{3.9\times 10^{26}}{4\times 3.14\times 2.25\times 10^{11}} = 1.38\times 10^3W/m^2$ |