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