Let’s suppose that the temperature on the surface of sun is T and radius R. Also suppose that the sun is a black body and is present at the centre of a hollow sphere having radius r.
r will be greater than R because sun is present inside the hollow sphere therefore the hollow sphere will be larger than the sun.
r=1.A.U.
According to Stefan’s law, the energy emission of sun per unit area per second will be calculated by the formula.
E= T4 —————- (1)
We know that the surface area of sun will be 4Electrostatic figure 2.67 r2 because sun is of spherical shape.
So, the relation to calculate the total energy emitted by sun per second will be given by the relation:
4 R2 E
= 4 R2 T4 –From equation (1)
The total energy emitted by sun is nearly equal to that of the solar luminosity of the sun. So, we can relate these both equations.
4 R2 T4 = 4 r2S
Or
If we will get the values of S, r, R and then value of T can be determined easily. After substituting the values the approximate value of T is found to be 5800K.