'''Radiant heat''' is [[sunlight]] falling on the surface of a [[planet]] is primarily in the visible part of the [[spectrum]]. However, the [[reflection]] of [[light]] from the surface tends to produce light of longer [[wavelength]] called [[infrared]] (IR) radiation (also known as radiant heat; IR radiation is the [[heat]] that we sense being radiated from a hot surface like a hot piece of metal).
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*[[Sunlight]] falling on the surface of a [[planet]] is primarily in the visible part of the [[spectrum]]. However, the [[reflection]] of [[light]] from the surface tends to produce light of longer [[wavelength]] called [[infrared]] (IR) radiation (also known as radiant heat; IR radiation is the [[heat]] that we sense being radiated from a hot surface like a hot piece of metal).
==Links==
==Links==
*[http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/venus/greenhouse.html Astronomy 161 at University of Tennessee]
*[http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/venus/greenhouse.html Astronomy 161 at University of Tennessee]