The magnitude of the solar constant, which has a temperature of 5800 k and an estimated radius of 7 * 105 km and is far from Earth at a distance of 1.5 * 1011 m is * a) 1.4*103 w/m2 b) 1.5*104 w/m2 c) 2.4*105 w/m2

The magnitude of the solar constant, which has a temperature of 5800 k and an estimated radius of 7 * 105 km and is far from Earth at a distance of 1.5 * 1011 m is * a) 1.4103 w/m2 b) 1.5104 w/m2 c) 2.4*105 w/m2

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The magnitude of the solar constant, which has a temperature of 5800 k and an estimated
radius of 7 * 105 km and is far from Earth at a distance of 1.5 * 1011 m is
a) 1.4*103 w/m2
b) 1.5*104 w/m2
c) 2.4*105 w/m2

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