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No. In fact, the solar irradiance gets fairly low even by the time you reach Saturn, because the power propogates via an inverse square law. Near Earth, which i
by abdullahkhalids 7y ago
No. In fact, the solar irradiance gets fairly low even by the time you reach Saturn, because the power propogates via an inverse square law. Near Earth, which is 1 Astronomical Unit (AU) away from the Sun, you get about 1000W/m^2. Around Saturn, which is about 10 AU away, irradiance will be down to 1000/10^2 = 10W/m^2. So 1% of what you get near Earth.