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If the temperature of the solar surface is 5800 K and Wien's law for the peak wavelength of the spectrum of the Sun, assumed to be a blackbody, is given by max T = 2.9  106, with T in Kelvins and  in nanometers (nm), what is the expected dominant wavelength of the Sun (in nanometers)?

 Oct 22, 2015
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Go to this link and read the "Examples" section. it is all explained there. Here is the link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wien%27s_displacement_law

 Oct 22, 2015

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