Suppose a star with radius 8.00 × 108 m has a peak wavelength of 580 nm in the spectrum of its emitted radiation. (a) What is surface temperature of the star? (b) Assuming the star is a blackbody (e = 1), at what rate is energy emitted from the star in the form of radiation?

Suppose a star with radius 8.00 × 108 m has a peak wavelength of 580 nm in the spectrum of its emitted radiation. (a) What is surface temperature of the star? (b) Assuming the star is a blackbody (e = 1), at what rate is energy emitted from the star in the form of radiation?

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Suppose a star with radius 8.00 × 108 m has a peak wavelength of 580 nm in the
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Assuming the star is a blackbody (e = 1), at what rate is energy emitted from the star
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