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Date November 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 18N.2.HL.TZ0.8c.ii
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
Command term Determine Question number c.ii Adapted from N/A
c.ii.
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18N.2.HL.TZ0.8c.ii

There is a proposal to place a satellite in orbit around planet Mars.

The ratio  distance of Mars from the Sun distance of Earth from the Sun = 1.5.

(c.ii)

Determine, in K, the mean surface temperature of Mars. Assume that Mars acts as a black body.

[2]

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use of 600 4 for mean intensity ✔

temperature/K = « 600 4 × 5.67 × 10 − 8 4 = » 230 ✔

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