What is the rate of thermal radiation emitted from a star with a radius of 2.310 x 109 m and a surface temperature of 8,420 K? Assume that the spherical surface behaves as a blackbody radiator

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What is the rate of thermal radiation emitted from a star with a radius of 2.310 x 109 m and
a surface temperature of 8,420 K? Assume that the spherical surface behaves as a blackbody radiator.
[Surface Area of a sphere = 4rr?: Area of a circle = Mr? or (Tt/4)d21

 

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