The intensity of solar radiation near the earth is 1.4 kW/m2. What magnitude force does this radiation exert when it strikes at right angles to a 5.0-m2 perfectly reflecting solar panel of an artificial satellite orbiting the earth?
(c = 3.0 × 108 m/s)
4.7 × 10-5 N
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