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Chris.
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Yep. Do/have you taken physics at some point?
Bear in mind that my initial calculations assumed a 5mm^2 dot size though.
Even more interestingly, treating the sun as a point source (quite accurate):
Sun's power at earths surface: ~ 1000W/m^2
Maximum distance from earth: ~ 152 million km
Radius of earth: ~ 6 378.1 km
Radius of our sun: ~695 500 km
Distance between the earth and the sun: 1.51(1.512986219)x10^11m
I = P/4pir^2, P = 1000(4pi(1.51x10^11)^2)
Power of the sun = 2.87x10^26W!!!
Supprising how accurate this is, the 'real value' is 3.6×10^26 W (Our model ignores atmospheric absorption)
Bear in mind that my initial calculations assumed a 5mm^2 dot size though.
Even more interestingly, treating the sun as a point source (quite accurate):
Sun's power at earths surface: ~ 1000W/m^2
Maximum distance from earth: ~ 152 million km
Radius of earth: ~ 6 378.1 km
Radius of our sun: ~695 500 km
Distance between the earth and the sun: 1.51(1.512986219)x10^11m
I = P/4pir^2, P = 1000(4pi(1.51x10^11)^2)
Power of the sun = 2.87x10^26W!!!
Supprising how accurate this is, the 'real value' is 3.6×10^26 W (Our model ignores atmospheric absorption)