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Do you have any idea of what they calculated? Sun reflection off a bumblebee at 300Mm distance?
Yes - at the distance of the moon from the Earth. You can see the math in this vid. Segment starts ~ here: https://youtu.be/JnpZzPAsz1U?t=15m50s …
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Not reflected sunlight though: the thermal energy radiated by a bee. Needless to say, there's a huge amount of elision in that calculation.
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OK. But dark side, else background too high. Difficult from L2. Anyway, at 400Mm own energy consistent w/ calc by
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This makes it look like very complicated maths when in fact you're just computing blackbody radiance * 2Pi * solid angle of the bee...?
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Here's an idea: write your calc down on a piece of paper & post it as a picture. I agree, it's much simpler than presented in the movie.
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