Submitted by legendsplayminecraft t3_11gx12z in askscience
legendsplayminecraft OP t1_jatd5x3 wrote
Reply to comment by babar90 in Mercury has a very elliptical orbit, but does it influence its temperature? by legendsplayminecraft
how can you calculate that?
babar90 t1_jatnibj wrote
Basic trignometry gives the irradiance curve, assuming that each region of the planet surface is disconnected from others (ie. no heat equation between day and night parts of the planet and whatever dominates its core temperature) and is at thermal equilibrium you can approximate the temperature with a constant time the 1/4th power of the irradiance
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