Multiple Choice
To a physicist, a blackbody is defined as an object that
A) always emits the same spectrum of light, whatever its temperature.
B) reflects all radiation that falls on it, never heating up and always appearing black.
C) always appears to be black, whatever its temperature.
D) absorbs all radiation that falls on it.
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