Measuring Earth's equilibrium temperature without an atmosphere:

A) is easily done using Wien's law.
B) is best done assuming the earth is a flat disk.
C) is complicated by uncertainty over the value of the earth's albedo.
D) can be done only by assuming the earth does not approximate a black body.


Answer: C

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