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The solar millimeter continuum between 1 and 20 mm is recalibrated using observations of the average lunar brightness temperature at the center of lunar disk and new Moon brightness temperatures. The solar data are placed on a common scale according to the average lunar brightness temperature distribution proposed by Linsky. A least-squares parabolic regression curve is proposed for the solar millimeter continuum. A small departure from this regression curve near 8 mm may indicate the existence of an absorption feature.
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Linsky, J.L. A recalibration of the quiet Sun millimeter spectrum based on the Moon as an absolute radiometric standard. Sol Phys 28, 409–418 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00152312
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