Earth, Uranus and Neptune Black Body Temperature

estimating IR albedo and server sky heating


Earth

Uranus

Neptune

Semimajor Axis

19.2

30.0

AU

Bond Albedo

0.30

0.29

optical all angles

Geometric Albedo

0.51

0.41

optical towards Sun

Sunlight

3.706

1.518

W/m2

Sunlight Absorbed

1.816

0.895

W/m2 (geometric albedo)

Isotropic IR

0.454

0.224

W/m2

Temperature

76?

65?

55

K (at IR "top" )

IR Luminosity e=1

1.892

1.012

0.519

W/m2

est. IR emissivity

0.234

0.448

0.432

Plus Server Sky 0.550 W/m2 ambient

IR absorbed

0.129

0.246

0.238

W/m2

Total IR emitted

0.583

0.700

0.462

W/m2

New Temperature

81.4

72.4

65.9

K (at IR "top" )

Heating

5.4

7.4

10.9

K hotter

1366 W/m2 at 1 AU, sb = 5.670367e-8 W/m2K4