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  2. Solar radius - Wikipedia

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    Solar radius is a unit of distance used to express the size of stars in astronomy relative to the Sun. The solar radius is usually defined as the radius to the layer in the Sun 's photosphere where the optical depth equals 2/3: [1] 695,700 kilometres (432,300 miles) is approximately 10 times the average radius of Jupiter, 109 times the radius ...

  3. Renewable energy in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Renewable energy in Vietnam. Vietnam utilizes four main sources of renewable energy: hydroelectricity, wind power, solar power and biomass. [1] At the end of 2018, hydropower was the largest source of renewable energy, contributing about 40% to the total national electricity capacity. [2] In 2020, wind and solar had a combined share of 10% of ...

  4. Dau Tieng Solar Power Project - Wikipedia

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    Bird's eye view of Dau Tieng Project Bird's eye view of Dau Tieng Project after completion Bird's eye view of installation works at PV Arrays. Dau Tieng Solar Power Project is a photovoltaic power farm spread over a total area of 500 hectares (1,200 acres) which is located right next to Dau Tieng Lake, one of the largest shallow lakes in Vietnam, in Tan Chau and Duong Minh Chau Districts, Tan ...

  5. Retrograde and prograde motion - Wikipedia

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    Retrograde motion in astronomy is, in general, orbital or rotational motion of an object in the direction opposite the rotation of its primary, that is, the central object (right figure). It may also describe other motions such as precession or nutation of an object's rotational axis. Prograde or direct motion is more normal motion in the same ...

  6. Dyson sphere - Wikipedia

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    Dyson sphere. A hypothetical depiction of a Dyson swarm surrounding a star. Freeman Dyson, the first scientist to explore the concept. A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its solar power output. [1][2][3] The concept is a thought experiment that attempts to imagine how a ...

  7. Solar luminosity - Wikipedia

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    Evolution of the solar luminosity, radius and effective temperature compared to the present-day Sun. After Ribas (2010) [1] The solar luminosity (L ☉) is a unit of radiant flux (power emitted in the form of photons) conventionally used by astronomers to measure the luminosity of stars, galaxies and other celestial objects in terms of the output of the Sun.

  8. Solar core - Wikipedia

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    Solar core. The core of the Sun is considered to extend from the center to about 0.2 of the solar radius (139,000 km; 86,000 mi). [1] It is the hottest part of the Sun and of the Solar System. It has a density of 150,000 kg/m 3 (150 g/cm 3) at the center, and a temperature of 15 million kelvins (15 million degrees Celsius; 27 million degrees ...

  9. Solar constant - Wikipedia

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    The solar constant (GSC) measures the amount of energy received by a given area one astronomical unit away from the Sun. More specifically, it is a flux density measuring mean solar electromagnetic radiation (total solar irradiance) per unit area. It is measured on a surface perpendicular to the rays, one astronomical unit (au) from the Sun ...