Earth is about 150 million km from the Sun, and the apparent brightness of the Sun in our sky is about 1,300 watts per square meter

Determine the apparent brightness we would measure for the Sun if we were located one-third of Earth's distance from the Sun.


The Sun would appear nine times brighter. So the apparent brightness would be 9 × 1,300 watts per square meter = 11,700 watts per square meter.

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