Black Hole Mass Accretion Temperature

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Hey everyone,
I have a quick question. I have to find out how hot a cloud of material falling into a black hole would become. I have a hint that it is due to the gain in kinetic energy the material experiences as it falls in, but I'm not sure how to relate the two. Also, I have to find the peak wavelength that would radiate if the material emitted as a blackbody, but I'm assuming I can just use Wein's law once I know the temperature.
Thanks!
 
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I just thought of something,
could I use the relationship 1/2m(v)^2 = 3/2kT to find the temperature from the kinetic energy?