Thursday, 18 August 2011

Exoplanet Temperature Calculations - Astronomy

I was given an exoplanet similar in size and distance to host star to our own earth. It's orbiting a star with luminosity six times our sun, the greenhouse coefficient 0.3, bond albedo 0.3.



I need to calculate the approximate surface temperature (i.e. close enough to know whether it is in habitable range). Thanks in advance (this question was on a past exam and we never got our test back)

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