The earth receives radiation from the sun at the rate of 1400 watt/m 2 . The distance from the center of the sun to the surface of the earth is 1.5 × 10 11 m and the radius of the sun is 7.0 × 10 8 m. Treating the sun as a black body the temperature of the sun will be-
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C
Intensity received by earth = 
⇒ 1400 = 5.67 × 10 –8 
× T 4
⇒ T = 5800 K
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