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how many gas giants are there in our solar system?
4
Using the approximate Stefan-Boltzmann law, Power per area = 6[T/100]4, what is the temperature of a planet that radiates 6 W/m2?
100 K
Which of the following is not a gas giant?
Venus
Which of the following is not a rocky planet?
neptune
How many rocky planets are there in our Solar System?
4
Which of the following describes the planet Mercury?
all of the above
If a planet's total solar irradiance, or TSI, is 1000 W/m2, what is the average incident sunlight per planetary surface area?
250 W/m²
If a planet's TSI is 2000 W/m2 and its albedo is 0.4, how much power per area must the planet radiate?
300 W/m²
What is the temperature of the Sun where it emits light?
6000 K
What is albedo?
the fraction of sunlight reflected to space
The temperature of Mercury is most similar to which of the following?
oven
How many planets are there in our Solar System?
8
What is the average temperature of Earth’s surface air?
288 K
The Curiosity rover is on which planet?
Mars
Compared to the Earth, is Mars farther from the Sun or closer to the Sun?
farther
If we could somehow double the albedo of Mars, would its temperature go up or down?
down
What happens when we calculate the average temperature of Earth the same way that we did for Mercury and Mars?
we get too cold a temperature