Brightness Temperature

This definition page has been automatically generated. You can help ExoDictionary by expanding, updating, or correcting it.

This autostub has not yet had its initial copyediting proof and may contain significant formatting and even factual errors. You can improve Exodictionary by cleaning up the page markup and verifying that the definition is correct and then removing this tag.

This autostub has not yet had its initial categorization proof and may be categorized incorrectly. You can improve Exodictionary by removing inappropriate categories and then removing this tag.

Brightness Temperature

1. In astrophysics, the temperature of a black body radiating the same amount of energy per unit area at the wavelengths under consideration as the observed body. Compare effective temperature, antenna temperature.
2. The temperature of a nonblack body determined by measurement with an optical pyrometer.

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use