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I believe he was attempting to find the temperature of the sunlit moon, so was actually much too low. If you're interested, there's some discussion of it here:
by phaemon 10y ago
I believe he was attempting to find the temperature of the sunlit moon, so was actually much too low.
If you're interested, there's some discussion of it here: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1638754 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1638754
- nonbel 10y agoWhats the headline number in that article? Btw, I get ~310-320K average for the dayside, depending on albedo, etc assumptions. So 273 + 45 = 318 K is pretty close.