If the Sun-Earth Separation Was 10 AU Instead of 1

question 18

Multiple Choice

If the Sun-Earth separation was 10 AU instead of 1 AU, what would the flux of sunlight (energy per second per square meter) be at the Earth, compared to what it is today?

• A) 10 times less
• B) About 3.16 (or the square root of 10) times less
• C) 10 times more
• D) 100 times less
• E) 100 times more

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