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solar constant

[10.5.2.12] NOTE: This definition was changed in RP-16-17 Addendum 2. Deletions have a strike-through. New text is bold.

Irradiance produced by extraterrestrial solar radiation on a surface perpendicular to the sun’s rays at the mean Sun-Earth distance.

[See extraterrestrial solar irradiance constant.]

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