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Assuming the sun to be a spherical body of radius at a temperature of , evaluate the total radiant power, incident on earth, at a distance from the sun. ( is the radius of the earth and is stefan's constant)
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From Stefan's law, the rate at which energy is radiated by sun at its surface is

[Sun is a perfect black body as it emits radiations of all wavelengths and so for it =1]
The intensity of this power at earth's surface is
The area of earth which receives this energy is only one-half of total surface area of earth, whose projection would be .
Total radiant power as received by earth
=

[Sun is a perfect black body as it emits radiations of all wavelengths and so for it =1]
The intensity of this power at earth's surface is
The area of earth which receives this energy is only one-half of total surface area of earth, whose projection would be .
Total radiant power as received by earth
=
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