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Albedo

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A measure of the reflectivity of a surface; using the Moon as an example, the ratio of sunlight reflected from the Moon to that reaching it.

Albedo is the ratio of the amount of solar radiation reflected from an object to the total amount incident upon it.

The ratio of the outgoing solar radiation reflected by an object to the incoming solar radiation incident upon it.


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