The earth receives at its surface radiation from the sun at the rate of 1400 Wm -2 . The distance of the centre of the sun from the surface of the earth is 1.5 × 10 11 m and the radius of the sun is 7 × 10 8 m. Treating the sun as a black body calculate temperature of sun.
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(5803)
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= 1400
∴ T = 
= 
= 5803 K
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