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- James Webb temperature differential 318 degrees!
I'm reading about the engineering of the James Webb and it surprised me that the temperature difference will be about 318 degrees from one side of the telescope compared to the other (85 C on one side and -233 on the other).
I didn't expect space to be that hot about a million miles further from the sun than the Earth is!
I guess our atmosphere really helps to reduce the heat of the sun!
Is there a formula to calculate how hot the sun is in space, suppose X million miles from the sun?
I didn't expect space to be that hot about a million miles further from the sun than the Earth is!
I guess our atmosphere really helps to reduce the heat of the sun!
Is there a formula to calculate how hot the sun is in space, suppose X million miles from the sun?