What is the energy difference between the hyperfine levels

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Radio astronomers often study the radiation emitted by a hydrogen atom from a transition between the two hyperfine levels associated with the ground state. This radiation has a wavelength of 21 cm. What is the energy difference between the hyperfine levels?

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