To: gundog
More fun facts: Being 1/3 the distance from the Sun, the inverse square rule of irradiance says it receives NINE times the radiation that the Earth does.
8 posted on
10/17/2021 5:02:29 AM PDT by
niteowl
(Wisdom comes in two parts: 1) Having a lot to say, and 2) not saying it.)
To: niteowl
Just having fun with the awkward translation.
Mercury’s orbit is so elliptical that the distance to the sun ranges from 29 to 43 million miles. Compared to Earth’s fairly consistent 93 million miles from the sun, the irradiation varies from around 9 times to about 4 times ours over the course of their year. Nutty place.
9 posted on
10/17/2021 7:01:41 AM PDT by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: niteowl
the inverse square rule of irradiance Oh yea....but of course. /sarc.
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15 posted on
10/17/2021 11:13:02 AM PDT by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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