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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Astrophysics and Cosmology
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33-1 to 33-3: Stars, Galaxies, Stellar Evolution, Distances
33-4: General Relativity, Gravity and Curved Space
33-5: Redshift, Hubble's Law
33-6 to 33-8: The Big Bang, CMB, Universe Expansion
33-9: Dark Matter, Dark Energy

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 6
Q

We saw earlier (Chapter 14) that the rate energy reaches the Earth from the Sun (the “solar constant”) is about 1.3×103 W/m21.3 \times 10^3 \textrm{ W/m}^2. What is

  1. the apparent brightness bb of the Sun, and
  2. the intrinsic luminosity LL of the Sun?
A
  1. 1.3×103 W/m21.3 \times 10^3 \textrm{ W/m}^2
  2. 3.7×1026 W3.7 \times 10^{26} \textrm{ W}
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