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Radiation from the sun
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It is a mixture of electromagnetic waves raging from infrared(IR) to ultraviolet rays(uv). It of course includes visible light which is in between ir and uv in the electromagnetic spectrum.
All electromagnetic waves (EM) travel at a speed of approximately 3.0 x 10 8 m/s in vacuum.
But... the Sun does not only produce IR, visible light, and UV. Fusion in the core actually gives off high energy gamma rays.
Net oncoming solar radiation:240 watt perm2
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- Note on Radiation from the sun, created by Tomás Súarez on 10/03/2016.
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- Tomás Súarez · Mar 2016
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