A thin, perfectly black, square sheet of area floats in deep space. Sunlight of…

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Problem

A thin, perfectly black, square sheet of area 1.0 m21.0\,\text{m}^2 floats in deep space. Sunlight of intensity 1.3×103 W m−21.3\times10^{3}\,\text{W\,m}^{-2} strikes the sheet normally. Both faces of the sheet radiate uniformly. Determine the equilibrium temperature of the sheet.

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