Question: The Earth has a surface temperature around 2 7 0 K and an emissivity of 0 . 8 , while space has a temperature of

The Earth has a surface temperature around 270 K and an emissivity of 0.8, while space has a temperature of around 2 K.
Use Stefan's law: P(net)=5.6710-8 W/K4 m2*A*e*(T4- To4) to solve the following questions.
(Radii of the Earth and the Sun are Re =6.38106 m, Rs =7108 m.)
(a) What is the net power radiated from our Earth into free space in Watt W?
P_r = W
(b) If the Earth is in thermal equilibrium, how much power must the Earth absorb from the Sun?
P_abs = W
(c) If the energy absorbed by the Earth from the Sun constitutes only 1/(1010) of the Suns total radiant energy to the space, and consider the Sun is a black body, what is the surface temperature of the Sun in Kelvin K?
T_sun = K

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