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storky111

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Venus and Mars orbit the Sun at average distances of 0.72 AU and 1.52 AU, respectively. What is the solar flux at each planet?
 
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Venus has a planetary albedo of 0.8, and Mars has an albedo of 0.22. Using the answer to part (a), determine the effective radiating temperatures of these planets.
 
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if the two bodies in part (a) were the same size, what would be the ratio of the heat emitted by the hotter object to the heat emitted by the colder one?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Inverse Square Law: S = S0(r0/r)
Given: SEarth= 1370 W/m2
rEarth = 1 AU
rVenus = 0.72 AU
rMars = 1.52 AU

Venus: SVenus = SEarth ( rEarth / rVenus)2
SVenus = 1370 W/m2 (1 AU/ 0.72 AU)2
SVenus  2642.8 W/m2

Mars: SMars = SEarth ( rEarth / rMars)2
SVenus = 1370 W/m2 (1 AU/ 1.52 AU)2
SVenus  593.0 W/m2

Answer to Question 2

Effective Radiating Temp:
Given: Te4 = S(1-A)/4
AVenus= 0.8
AMars = 0.22

Venus: Te=(SVenus/4)(1-AVenus)1/4
Te=(2642.8 W/m2 /4 (5.67  10 8 W/m2/K4)(1-0.8)1/4
Venus Te = 219.7 K

Mars: Te=(SMars/4)(1-AMars)1/4
Te=(593.0 W/m2 /4 (5.67  10 8 W/m2/K4)(1-0.22)1/4
Mars Te = 212.5 K

Answer to Question 3

Stefan-Boltzmann Law:


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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Gracias!

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