Science Why is it that the Sun emits mostly infrared waves and visible light while the Earth emits only infrared waves? Asked by Dr. John Carmen on 03 Jan 02:59 Last updated by anonymous on 04 Jan 22:28
The frequencies of the elctromagnetic waves emitted by an object incrrease as the temperature increases. The Sun is much hotter than Earth, and so it emits more higher-frquency electromagnetic radiation than Earth emits.
