Foundations of Astronomy (MindTap Course List)
Foundations of Astronomy (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Arrange the following objects emit blackbody radiation in increasing order of the wavelength.

A hot iron, the sun, your body and ice cubes.

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