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Expert-verifiedAt Earth's location, the intensity of sunlight is 1.5 kW / . If no energy escaped Earth, by how much would Earth's mass increase in 1 day?
The increase in Earth’s mass for no escape of Sun’s energy from Earth is .
The intensity of sunlight on Earth is .
The number of seconds in a day on Earth is .
The energy received by Earth per unit surface area from the sun is called the solar constant.
The energy received by Earth in time t is given as:
Here, A is the surface area of Earth and its value is .
For the given values, equation becomes-
The increase in Earth’s mass is given as:
Here, c is the speed of light in vacuum and its value is
Therefore, the increase in Earth’s mass for no escape of energy from Earth is .
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