How much energy does the sun release

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Chemistry

Skyler Jacobs

2 August, 23:37

How much energy does the sun release

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At any moment, the sun emits about 3.86 x 1026 watts of energy. So add 24 zeros to the end of that number, and you'll get an idea of how unimaginably large an amount of energy that is! Most of that energy goes off into space, but about 1.74 x 1017 watts strikes the earth.