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Astr 1050     Homework 4
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Question 10:  If star A has a temperature of 4000 Kelvin and star B has a temperature of twice that, or 8000 Kelvin, how much more energy does it radiate per second than star A?
From the Steffan-Boltzmann Law (E = σT4), we know that for the radiated energy, E goes as T to the 4th power, so 24 = 16 times