What Would You Expect the Temperature of a Comet to Be

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Essay

What would you expect the temperature of a comet to be if its distance was 100 AU from the Sun? Assume that it is very icy and reflective so that its albedo is equal to 0.6.Does it matter what the radius of the comet is?

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