Solar on the moon (split from mascons)

[fiveworlds]

Does solar power work better or worse on the moon?

[Strange]

Does solar power work better or worse on the moon?

 

Why would mascons affect solar power?

[Sensei]

Does solar power work better or worse on the moon?

 

Moon doesn't have atmosphere.

 

Earth would receive ~1367 W/m^2 if it wouldn't have atmosphere,

with atmosphere energy reaching ground is ~1050 W/m^2.

 

Moon would receive everything.

[fiveworlds]

Moon would receive everything.

 

Don't forget it has a slower rotation.

[Strange]

Don't forget it has a slower rotation.

 

And that will affect solar power because ... ?

[fiveworlds]

And that will affect solar power because ... ?

 

Night is longer.

[Strange]

Night is longer.

 

And so are the days. What do you think the net effect is?

[Sensei]

On Earth, 1050 W/m^2 is also energy per second per meter at cloudless noon.

To calculate energy per whole day, it's long way..

You need to calculate calculus of graph, x axis time, and y axis power. Power is growing at sunrise, then maximum is at noon, and going to 0 at sunset.

 

ps. I think this should be split to separate thread..