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Wien Displacement Law

Peak emission wavelength of a blackbody.

Formula

λmax=bT\lambda_{max} = \frac{b}{T}

Variables

bWien constant
TTemperature

Example

Hotter stars glow bluer

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Wien's law lets astronomers read a star's temperature straight from its colour, blue being hottest.

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