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When the Sun's spectrum is photographed, using rockets to range above the Earth's...

When the Sun's spectrum is photographed, using rockets to range above the Earth's atmosphere, it is found to have a peak in its spectral exitanee at roughly 465 nm. Compute the Sun's surface temperature, assuming it to be a blackbody. This approximation yields a value that is about 400 K too high.

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