Multiple Choice
An astronomer plots the blackbody curve for an object at 8000 K and then raises the temperature of the object to 12,000 K and plots the blackbody curve again. These curves
A) intersect at a point that depends on the mass of the object.
B) intersect at a point that depends on the atomic structure of the object.
C) intersect at several points. The number of crossings can be used to find the chemical composition of the object.
D) will not intersect.
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