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In this post we are going to revisit our flaming superhero the Human Torch. Previously we have looked at the emission spectrum of the Human Torch and derived his surface temperature (link to previous post). Now we are going to inspect what we observe, when the Human Torch is flying. Because the Human Torch isContinue reading “The Doppler shift of the Human Torch”

The Human Torch is a famous and well-known Marvel comicbook character. He first appeared as an android in Marvel Comics #1 in 1939. Later on Stan Lee and Jack Kirby reinvented the character in Fantastic Four #1 in 1961, as Johnny Storm. Johnny Storm is the brother of Sue Storm and a member of theContinue reading “How hot is the Human Torch?”