#4
by Witchywoman
As I said in the equation it gives you an approximate amount of energy you can get. Because the equation is based on the minimum temperature it gives you the least amount of energy you should be getting. Your planet temperatures flutuate from the low temp to the high, basically even though you have a planet that says temp is 36 to 64, your planet may not be actually 36, the temperature can be any where in between those given numbers. As there is no way to make an equation that will give you a completely accurate energy solar sat output due to this variation of temperatures, I gave an equation that would allow you to figure out what the least amount of energy would be.
Just when you thought your were in control... I proved you wrong!