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Jupiter emits at about 130 K rather than the solar-only estimate around 111 K. Intrinsic heat contributes additional outgoing flux, so . The difference of fourth powers is the relevant energy excess, not their direct temperature difference. Cooling and contraction of the interior provide the main physical motivation for including this extra term.

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