Thermal radiation and energy balance

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Question 13
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Figure 1 shows the relative emission intensity against wavelength for two stars, Star P and Star Q, behaving as thermal radiators.

Figure 1: Relative emission intensity against wavelength in nanometres (nm) for Star P and Star Q.

Estimate the wavelength at which the emission intensity is at a maximum for each star.

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