On clear day, sunlight delivers approximately 1000 J each second to a 1 m2 surface; smaller areas receive proportionally less--half the area receives half the energy. A 12% efficient solar cell, a square 12 cm on a side, is in bright sunlight. How much electric power does it produce?

The sun’s mass is 2.0×10^ 30 kg, its radius is 7.0×10 5 km, and it has a rotational period of approximately 28 days. if the sun should collapse into a white dwarf of radius 3.5×10 3 km, what would its period be if no mass were ejected and a sphere of uniform density can model the sun both before and after?