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To: AntiGuv
Highest albedo in the solar system:

Huh. And here I thought the moon took the honors. Goes to show you learn something new every day on FR.

15 posted on 07/19/2005 11:31:50 AM PDT by akorahil (consider this space filled with yet another witty and irreverent tag line instead of this...)
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To: akorahil

Enceladus has an albedo of .99 - it don't get any higher than that!!


20 posted on 07/19/2005 11:42:07 AM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: akorahil

Our Moon is actually quite dark. It only seems bright in comparison to the surrounding sky. Venus is far brighter, as are several other objects including Europa and Enceladus.


21 posted on 07/19/2005 11:46:43 AM PDT by Little Pig (Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
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To: akorahil
Had to look this up:

albedo... n : the ratio of reflected to incident light

So the albedo of a celestial body isn't a measure of the total brightness of the body, but a measure of its reflectivity as a percentage of incident radiation. Thanks for bringing this up!... I learned something today, too. :-)

24 posted on 07/19/2005 12:11:39 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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