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What percent of the suns energy reaches the earth?

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Less than one percent reaches Earth.
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User Pavel Davydov
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I don't memorize that number, because I always enjoy doing the calculation.

Assuming that the sun radiates equal power in all directions, the Earth receives
something like

0.000 000 045 percent

of the sun's total output.

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