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Why doesn't earth get hot enough to boil oceans and melt rocks from the radiant energy it absorbs from the sun?

Why doesn't earth get hot enough to boil oceans and melt rocks from the radiant energy it absorbs from the sun?
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Why doesn't earth get hot enough to boil oceans and melt rocks from the radiant energy it absorbs from the sun?

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This is because, the earth gradually absorbs the sun's radiation during the day, and gradually loses the heat absorbed at night to the atmosphere.
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