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How much radiation does the Earth receive from the Sun's total radiation? [closed]
I was thinking how to solve this problem. $1\,\mathrm{AU}$ is roughly the distance from the Earth to the Sun, $1.4960 \times 10^{11}\,\mathrm{m}$.
The radius of Earth is approximately $6.4 \times 10^{...
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How is the Earth heated by a Full Moon?
While the moon is certainly not a good reflector of solar radiation, surely the radiation it reflects back heats the Earth (even if it is a terribly small amount).
How would one go about calculating (...
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