5.3 The surface temperature of the Sun is 5800 K about and measurements of the Sun's spectral distribution show that it radiates very nearly like a blackbody, deviating mainly at very short wavelengths. Assuming that the Sun radiates like an ideal blackbody, at what wavelength does the peak of the solar spectrum occur?

5.3 The surface temperature of the Sun is 5800 K about and measurements of the Sun's spectral distribution show that it radiates very nearly like a blackbody, deviating mainly at very short wavelengths. Assuming that the Sun radiates like an ideal blackbody, at what wavelength does the peak of the solar spectrum occur?

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the Sun's spectral distribution show that it radiates very nearly like a blackbody,
deviating mainly at very short wavelengths. Assuming that the Sun radiates
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occur?

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