Surface Temperature of Venus Access the Active Integrated Media Module “Wien’s Law” in Chapter 4 of the Discovering the Universe Web site. (a) Using the Wien’s law calculator, determine Venus’s approximate temperature if it emits blackbody radiation with a peak wavelength of 3866 nm. (b) By trial and error, find the wavelength of maximum emission for a surface temperature of 750 K (for present-day Venus) and a surface temperature of 850 K (as it might become if its greenhouse gas density increases). In what part of the electromagnetic spectrum do these wavelengths lie?
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