Physics (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321976444
Author: James S. Walker
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 25, Problem 95GP
What is the ratio of the sunlight intensity reaching Mercury compared with the sunlight intensity reaching Earth? (On average, Mercury’s distance from the Sun is 0.39 that of Earth’s.)
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