The planet Neptune is blue in color. How would you expect the spectrum of visibl
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Question
The planet Neptune is blue in color. How would you expect the spectrum of visible light from Neptune to be different from the visible-light spectrum of the sun?
Select one:
a. The two spectra would have similar shapes, except Neptune's spectrum would be missing a big chunk of the red light that is present in the sun's spectrum.
b. The two spectra would have similar shapes, except Neptune's spectrum would be missing a big chunk of the blue light that is present in the sun's spectrum.
c. Neptune's spectrum would peak at a much longer wavelength than the sun's spectrum.
d. The sun's spectrum would peak at a much longer wavelength than Neptune's spectrum.
Explanation / Answer
a. The two spectra would have similar shapes, except Neptune's spectrum would be missing a big chunk of the red light that is present in the Sun's spectrum.