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THE spectral distribution of energy radiated from a black body is well known to exhibit a maximum. For example, the thermal radiation from a 6,000-deg. black body (to which the sun approximates) is chiefly concentrated towards the visible wavelengths and falls off in the infra-red and ultra-violet.
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BRACEWELL, R. The Maximum of the Planck Energy Spectrum. Nature 174, 563–564 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174563c0
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