Concept information
Preferred term
Brightness temperature
Definition
- In radio astronomy, the temperature of a source calculated on the assumption that it is a blackbody emitting radiation of the observed intensity at a given wavelength. (en)
Broader concept
- Astrometry (en)
- Radio astronomy (en)
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/182
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