Notes from 23 March 2006 WISE class
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the solar panel can do 509 watts
60 watt light bulb(at contact).. 22E-3 watts
60 watt light bult (1 meter away)...44E-6
60 watt bulb (w/ magnifyer)....6E-3
green laser...2E-3
measured output of the light bulb (at 1 meter)...3.4 w/m^2
calculated output of the light bulb (at 1 meter)....5 w/m^2
distance to the sun...150 million km or 1.5E11 meters
area of the sphere....2.8E23
amount of energy from the sun...1.4E26 watts
one hundred million billion billion watts