SP-436 Project Orion: A Design Study of a System for Detecting Extrasolar Planets

Figure 6. A plot of the power emitted per unit frequency interval as a function of frequency. Data are shown for the Sun (upper curve) and for Jupiter. The hump in the Jupiter curve at low frequencies (~1013 Hz) is due to intrinsic thermal radiation, whereas the hump at higher frequencies {~3 x 1014 Hz) is due to reflected sunlight.

Figure 6. A plot of the power emitted per unit frequency interval as a function of frequency. Data are shown for the Sun (upper curve) and for Jupiter. The hump in the Jupiter curve at low frequencies (~1013 Hz) is due to intrinsic thermal radiation, whereas the hump at higher frequencies {~3 x 1014 Hz) is due to reflected sunlight.

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