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JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE cooling it's jets
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GreggD:
Current status: https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html?units=metric

The temperature in French Guiana (launch site) is virtually all year around the value of 30°C 303°K 86°F
If Webb was not cooled on the pad then when the fairings exposed Webb to space, the Instrument Radiator would radiate 468W/m²

Now almost two months later it has cooled to 43°K -231°C and radiates 172mW/m²
Dropping another 6.68° photon radiation will drop by 50% This is why it will take months to cool.
At 20°K it will radiate 9mW/m²

Instrument Radiator Temp(K)   42
Space Temp (K)                  4
Area m²                          1
Emissivity                  0.98
Stefan Boltzmann constant   5.6702E-08
Watts of Photon radiation   0.17289

Emissivity*Stefan Boltzmann constant*Area m²*((Instrument Radiator Temp (K)E4)-(Space Temp (K)E4))

The mirrors are gold and almost do not radiate, emissivity 0.02, they cool from the back non-gold side.
RoGeorge:

--- Quote from: GreggD on February 21, 2022, 08:54:25 pm ---If Webb was not cooled on the pad then when the fairings exposed Webb to space, the Instrument Radiator would radiate 468W/m²

Now almost two months later it has cooled to 43°K -231°C and radiates 172mW/m²

--- End quote ---

Cool, never thought of that aspect, thanks!   :-+

On a second thought, maybe they should have heat it on the launch pad instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect  ;D
Rick Law:
We have waited for 15 years for it to launch (initial planned launch 2007), another few months is not going to make much difference...

But I sure am anxious to see what new things we can learn.  I am retired now, otherwise known as being "in God's waiting room", tick tock tick tock tick tock...

Come'on, cool it, soon...  I am anxious and impatiently waiting for the telescope results.
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