Give at least two advantages of the Kelvin temperature scale for astronomers
What will be an ideal response?
It is an absolute scale, so there are never any negative readings. Wein's and Stefan's laws are only mathematically correct if Kelvin temperatures are used.
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a. 5.00 rev/s b. 7.85 rev/s c. 1.59 rev/s d. 0.80 rev/s e. 3.18 rev/s