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4 years ago

How does the position of the Sun in the sky affect the intensity of sunlight striking Earth's surface?

Physics

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Goshia [24]4 years ago

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Answer:

First, the surface that the sun faces is almost always the same, but it changes the "position" during the lapse of a day.

Now, if we have a fixed position, as the day phases the effective area that the sun "sees" changes.

For example at the beginning of the day, the sun only sees an ellipse, when the sun is right above the area, the sun sees a surface like a circle, and as the sun starts to go away the surface turns again into an ellipse.

you can see this as holding a ball with a region painted on it and start to rotate the ball, you will see that in some positions you will not see the painted region, and as you rotate it you will start seeing a little part, then the whole part, then a little part again, and so on, where in this case your vision represents the sunlight, and the painted region is the fixed area of the planet.

evablogger [386]4 years ago

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The Sun's position has a great impact on how much light reaches the surface. Such as at noon, the Sun has the least amount of gas light has to pass through. Meanwhile at dawn/dusk, it has a thicker layer of gas the light has to puncture.

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Listed following are the names and mirror diameters for six of the world’s greatest reflecting telescopes used to gather visible

ziro4ka [17]

Answer:

Large binocular telescope, Keck 1 telescope, Hobby-Ebberly telescope, Subaru telescope, Gemini North telescope, Magellan 2 telescope

Explanation:

How much light a telescope can collect depends on its diameter, since in a bigger area more photons will be collected.

Remember that in a circle the area is defined as:

$A = \pi r^{2}$ (1)

Where A is the area and r is its radius.

However, the radius can be determined by means of its diameter.

$d = 2r$

$r = \frac{d}{2}$ (1)

Where d is its diameter.

An example of this is when a person is collecting raindrops with a bucket and with a cup. Since the bucket has a bigger area than the cup, it will collect more raindrops by unit of time. In this scenario the raindrops represent the photons.

To determine the light collecting area of each telescope, equation 2 will be replaced in equation 1.

$A = \pi (\frac{d}{2})^{2}$ (3)

Case for Large binocular telescope:

$A_{mirror1} = \pi (\frac{8.4m}{2})^{2}$

$A_{mirror1} = 55.41m$

For the second mirror will be the same value

$A = A_{mirror1}+A_{mirror2}$

$A = 55.41m+55.41m$

$A= 110.82m$

Case for Keck 1 telescope:

$A = \pi (\frac{10m}{2})^{2}$

$A = 78.53m$

Case for Hobby-Ebberly telescope:

$A = \pi (\frac{9.2m}{2})^{2}$

$A = 66.47m$

Case for Subaru telescope:

$A = \pi (\frac{8.3m}{2})^{2}$

$A = 54.10m$

Case for Gemini North telescope:

$A = \pi (\frac{8m}{2})^{2}$

$A = 50.26m$

Case for Magellan 2 telescope:

$A = \pi (\frac{6.5m}{2})^{2}$

$A = 33.18m$

Hence, they may be rank in the following way:

Large binocular telescope, Keck 1 telescope, Hobby-Ebberly telescope, Subaru telescope, Gemini North telescope, Magellan 2 telescope.

<em>Photons: particles that constitute light. </em>

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3 years ago

Un alumno menciona que al abrir la ventana de su casa sintió cómo el frío ingresaba a su cuerpo. Menciona cuál es la verdadera r

stepan [7]

Answer:

My believe the answer is

A.) or B.)

Explanation:

Here is why I think A is the answer.

If we use the process of elimination, it would look like this,

a) Porque el aire tiene una temperatura menor que la de su cuerpo; por eso se propaga más rápido.

<em>This makes sense because we all know in winter the weather is very cold and freezing.</em>

b) Porque la temperatura de su cuerpo, siente el aire frio que entra por la ventana.

<em>I feel like this answer is the question, but it could also be an answer, sorry, I'm a little uncertain.</em>

c) Porque el calor de su cuerpo se propaga al medio ambiente, al ser la temperatura del niño mayor que la del aire exterior.

<em>This answer has nothing to do with the question, plus it is very false, our body heat is not enough to overcome the very cold temperature from outside.</em>

d) Porque la temperatura del aire es igual a la temperatura del cuerpo.

<em>This is false because again our body heat is not even compared to the freezing cold temperatures from the winter.</em>

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<h2>Well, have a nice rest of the day!</h2><h3>ba baiii!</h3>

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Alik [6]

Answer:

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Explanation:

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Blizzard [7]

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