Physics A-Level
Estimation of stellar surface temperature
What Estimation of stellar surface temperature means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Surface temperature is estimated using T = 2.9 × 10⁻³ / λmax, after measuring the wavelength at which the continuous spectrum is most intense.
Topics that use Estimation of stellar surface temperature
- Electromagnetic radiation from stars (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Black-body modelling of stars
- Continuous spectrum
- Discrete energy levels
- Emission line spectrum
- Energy levels
- Grating spacing
- Line spectra
- Luminosity
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