What Is the Intensity of Sunlight Per Square Meter Reaching

question 104

Multiple Choice

What is the intensity of sunlight per square meter reaching Venus compared with this intensity at Earth's orbital distance? (Venus's orbit has a semimajor axis of about 0.7 au.)

• A) about the same, since this intensity remains constant, following a law of nature
• B) about 1.4
• C) about 1.9
• D) about 0.5

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