Re: The Planet

jsavard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John Savard) wrote:

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:04:16 -0800 (PST), I wrote, in part:

If you've got the heat production, then you just use the equation for
blackbody radiation: radiated heat equals

the surface area times

Boltzmann's constant times
the temperature (in degrees Kelvin) to the fourth power.

John Savard
http://www.quadibloc.com/index.html

Thanks, John; that'll get me started in the right direction. I'm
going to work through the relevant chapters in Resnick, Halliday,
Krane and see if I can't learn something.
--
Dave
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