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I've seen a couple of calcs that calculate AP based on the Stefan-Boltzmann law. They get the temperature of an object and its surface area and then enter those values into this calculator. However, I don't think this is really a valid way to find AP. This is because the surface temperature of an object is never specifically given. We are only told about the object's temperature, which could be anything from the temperature of the object's center, or the surface. This is a huge problem because these temperatures vary greatly. For example, while the surface of the sun is 5778 K, the temperature of the sun's core is around 15 million degrees K (should be common-ish knowledge, but here's the source). One more thing, this calc is fine. We know the surface temperatures of neutron stars.
We should just stick to Q=mcdeltat or some other equation. I don't know, am I missing something?
We should just stick to Q=mcdeltat or some other equation. I don't know, am I missing something?