Sunlight Absorbed by a Solar Sail
Challenges
- Find the sun incidence angles where the sunlight absorbed is 100%, 50%, and 0%.
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Extra credit:
Calculate the
cosine
of the sun incidence angle and compare to the absorbed %.
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Sun incidence
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0
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deg
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Rotation about sun
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0
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deg
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Absorbed
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100
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%
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Keyboard and Mouse:
- Zoom by rolling the mouse wheel up and down, or holding the middle mouse button and moving up and down.
- Rotate the view by holding the left mouse button, and moving the mouse left, right, up, and down.
- Tilt the sail by pressing the up and down arrow keys.
- Rotate the sail by pressing the left and right arrow keys.
Touchscreen:
- Zoom in and out by putting two fingers on the screen and pinching or spreading them apart.
- Rotate the view by sliding one finger left, right, up, or down.
- Tilt the sail by tapping the yellow up and down arrows.
- Rotate the sail by tapping the yellow left and right arrows.
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