The intensity of sunlight reaching the earth is 1360 W/m 2 . Assuming all the sunlight is
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The intensity of sunlight reaching the earth is 1360 W/m2. Assuming all the sunlight is absorbed, what is the radiation-pressure force on the earth? Give your answer
(a) In newtons
(b) As a fraction of the sun’s gravitational force on the earth.
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