Essential University Physics
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Author: Wolfson, Richard
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Chapter 16, Problem 73P
Estimate the average temperature on Pluto, treating the dwarf planet as a blackbody whose great distance from the Sun means that it receives energy from the Sun at the rate of only 0.876 W/m2.
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