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Cumulative Sun's radiation pressure exerts on Earth's surface
I have some discrepancies in what is in "Optics" (E. Hecht) and what I calculated, but it's simply formula, so I'm confused. I used:
$$F = \frac{\pi R^2 S}{c}$$
to calculate cumulative force of ...
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Effect of radiation pressure on Earths orbit in large timescales
I have seen some posts concerning the radiation pressure exerted by the Sun on Earths surface (Force on Earth due to Sun's radiation pressure). Though it is fairly small may it have a considerable ...
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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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