plz help!What is the radius and temperature of this star?Consider the equation
vT = 0.0029
where v = peak wavelength of light emitted
T = surface temperature
10,000 angstrom = 10,000 x 10^-10m = 1.0x10-6m
so T = 0.0029/1.x10-6m
T = 2900K
The luminosity of the sun is given by the equation
L = 4蟺R^2蟽T^4
where T = kelvin temperature, 蟽 = Stefan - Boltzmann constant (5.67脳10鈭? W路m-2路K-4), R = radius of the sun
plugging in the numbers, we obtain
L = 3.8x10^26cdm-1
now to obtain the luminosity of the star we divide this result by 1000
to get 3.8 x 10^23
to find the radius we use the equation
R = sqrt(L/4蟺蟽T^4) (in this case T = 2900K as calculated above)
R = 8.7 x 10^7m
written as a multiple of solar radii we obtain
0.125 solar radius
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