| Distance from Sun |
2.4 |
A.U. |
|
| Sun's angular diameter: |
|
| On Earth |
0.533138889 |
degrees |
| At
2.4 AU orbit |
0.222141204 |
degrees |
|
0.003877086 |
|
|
| Paraboloid diameter |
10 |
m |
| or |
1000 |
cm |
| Boiler diameter |
3.877085696 |
cm |
| Paraboloid effective area |
3141592.654 |
cm2 |
| or |
314.1592654 |
m2 |
|
|
| Sphere area = 4*pi*R^2 |
|
| Boiler area |
47.223772 |
cm2 |
| Sun energy multiplication rate |
66525.66113 |
times |
|
|
| Nickel
reflection rate = 0.55 [6] |
|
| Mirror reflection rate |
0.55 |
|
|
|
| Sun energy multiplication rate (after mirror) |
36589.11362 |
times |
|
| Maximum temperature on Moon |
130 |
C [7] |
| or |
403 |
K |
| Maximum
temperature on asteroid at 2.4AU orbit |
260.1353814 |
K |
| Maximum temperature on rocket kettle |
3597.803148 |
K |
| or |
3324.803148 |
C |
|
| Iron boiling temperature |
3050 |
C |
| or |
3323 |
K |
|
| Efficiency |
27.227% |
percent |
|
|
|