We’re lucky that the earth isn’t in thermal equilibrium with the sun (which has a surface temperature of 5800 K). But why aren’t the two objects in thermal equilibrium?
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We’re lucky that the earth isn’t in thermal equilibrium with the
sun (which has a surface temperature of 5800 K). But why aren’t the
two objects in thermal equilibrium?
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