What is the Solar Constant in the Kuiper Belt?

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what is the value for our solar constant?
 
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Solar radiation drops with the square of the distance. If we have 1.3kW/m^2 at 1 AU, we have 13W at 10 AU, and so on.

This should allow you to calculate the intensity at the Kuiper belt.
 

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