The star Sirius is much hotter than the sun, with a peak wavelength of (290 mathrm{~nm}) compared
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The star Sirius is much hotter than the sun, with a peak wavelength of \(290 \mathrm{~nm}\) compared to the sun's \(500 \mathrm{~nm}\). It is also larger, with a diameter 1.7 times that of the sun. By what factor does the energy emitted by Sirius exceed that of the sun?
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