Is 300eV the Correct Mean Photon Energy for a Black Body at 1 Million K?

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The mean photon energy for a black body at a temperature of 1 million K is confirmed to be approximately 300 eV. In comparison, the mean photon energy of solar radiation, which approximates a black body at 5,800 K, is around 1.74 eV. Consequently, the peak wavelength of the black body spectrum at 1 million K is significantly shorter than that of the Sun's spectrum. This analysis aligns with established principles of black body radiation and electromagnetic (EM) radiation.

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I have calculate that the mean approximate photon energy of a black-body spectrum which is emitted by an object at a temperature of 1 million K is 300eV. Can somebody confirm me that? My second doubt is: the wavelength at which this spectrum reaches a peak corresponds to a "longer" or to a "shorter" wavelength than that of the black-body spectrum emitted by the sun?
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What do your calculations show for the Sun?
 
I did not do any calculation about the sun but think that the spectrum of solar radiation is close to that of a black body with a temperature of circa 5,800 K and so the mean approximate photon energy is 1.74eV. If that so, are the wavelength at which this spectrum of the object at at a temperature of 1 million K that reaches a peak corresponds to a much shorter wavelength than that of the black-body spectrum emitted by the sun?
 
300eV-photons have a shorter wavelength than 1.74eV-photons.
The numbers are in a region where I would expect them, but I did not calculate them.
 
Yes, the peak is a much shorter wavelength than the Sun emits. Do you know much about EM radiation and black body radiation?
 
Thanks. yes, now I have all the info I needed.
 

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