The average temperature of the surface of the Sun is about

Chapter , Problem 25

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The average temperature of the surface of the Sun is about 5400 K, and the average temperature of the surface of Earth is about 290 K. The solar constant (the intensity of sunlight reaching Earths atmosphere) is about (a) Estimate the total power of the sunlight hitting Earth. (b) Estimate the net rate at which Earths entropy is increasing due to this solar radiation.

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