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Albedo (/ æ l ˈ b iː d oʊ / al-BEE-doh; from Latin albedo ' whiteness ') is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body. It is measured on a scale from 0 (corresponding to a black body that absorbs all incident radiation) to 1 (corresponding to a body that reflects all incident radiation).
English: An illustration showing the relative sizes, colors, shapes, and albedos of large trans-Neptunian objects with sizes of >700 km. Size uncertainties are shown with a dark colored arc, and objects with a lack of color data are represented by a black ellipse with a white outline.
Sudarsky's classification of gas giants for the purpose of predicting their appearance based on their temperature was outlined by David Sudarsky and colleagues in the paper Albedo and Reflection Spectra of Extrasolar Giant Planets [1] and expanded on in Theoretical Spectra and Atmospheres of Extrasolar Giant Planets, [2] published before any successful direct or indirect observation of an ...
The albedo of several types of roofs (lower values means higher temperatures). Reflective surfaces, or ground-based albedo modification (GBAM), is a solar radiation management method of enhancing Earth's albedo (the ability to reflect the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet wavelengths of the Sun, reducing heat transfer to the surface).
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In 1975, astronomers Clark R. Chapman, David Morrison, and Ben Zellner developed a simple taxonomic system for asteroids based on color, albedo, and spectral shape.The three categories were labelled "C" for dark carbonaceous objects, "S" for stony (siliceous) objects, and "U" for those that did not fit into either C or S. [2] This basic division of asteroid spectra has since been expanded and ...
The chart’s color patches have spectral reflectances intended to mimic those of natural objects such as human skin, foliage, and flowers, to have consistent color appearance under a variety of lighting conditions, especially as detected by typical color photographic film, and to be stable over time. In 2006, Gretag-Macbeth was acquired by X ...
Comparison of the relative colors and sizes of the four largest plutinos and their moons Different diameters for Ixion depending on its albedo. Ixion has a measured diameter of 710 km (440 mi), with an optical absolute magnitude of 3.77 and a geometric albedo (reflectivity) of 0.11.