To: numberonepal
...intensity of 5,000 shining suns, the 19-year-old claims.
...measures just 42 inches across.
Uh huh. Did anyone suggest remedial math and astronomy for the kid?
15 posted on
02/03/2011 5:31:31 AM PST by
aruanan
To: aruanan
“Uh huh. Did anyone suggest remedial math and astronomy for the kid?”
He’s probably a marketing major.
25 posted on
02/03/2011 5:38:02 AM PST by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: aruanan
42 inches is a little over a meter, so we’ll call it a meter for this exercise. Area of a circle is pi * radius^2, or pi * (0.5)^2, or 0.25 pi. Pi is roughly 3, so area is 3/4 square meters. The solar constant is 1200 W/m^2, so his “death ray” has a maximum power of 900 Watts.
The trick is the focus — 900 Watts over a square centimeter gets mighty hot.
92 posted on
03/02/2011 10:01:05 AM PST by
MikeD
(We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
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