Explain how the sun’s light intensity differs on the planets Earth and Mars based on their distance from the sun.

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They only differ in their height. ... The Sun's intensity on a horizontal patch of the Earth's surface of 590W/m2 occurs when the Sun is a mere ...

Mars is at a distance of 1.5 AUs from the Sun. 1/d^2 = 1/1.5^2 = 1/2.25 = 44%. There is less than half as much sunlight falling on the surface of Mars as on Earth!

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