How Does the Heat Jupiter Radiates Compare to the Energy

question 42

Multiple Choice

How does the heat Jupiter radiates compare to the energy it receives from the Sun?

• A)They are equal, as you would expect for a highly reflective planet.
• B)Jupiter's dark belts absorb most of the solar radiation, so it is cooler in the infrared.
• C)Jupiter radiates back into space about twice the energy it gets from the Sun.
• D)Jupiter is a brown dwarf, about a hundred times less luminous than the Sun.
• E)Jupiter is a red dwarf, about a tenth the Sun's luminosity.

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