In astronomy, the geometric albedo of a celestial body is the ratio of its actual brightness as seen from the light source (i.e. at zero phase angle) to...

Albedo (/ælˈbiːdoʊ/ al-BEE-doh; from Latin albedo 'whiteness') is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body. It is measured on a...

reliable data for measuring their Bond albedo comes from spacecraft. The Bond albedo (A) is related to the geometric albedo (p) by the expression A = p q {\displaystyle...

Varuna is dark, with a measured geometric albedo of 0.127 based on thermal observations in 2013. Varuna's geometric albedo is similar to that of the possible...

of albedo such as the geometric albedo, which can be above 1. In general, though, the Bond albedo may be greater or smaller than the geometric albedo, depending...

absolute magnitude of 7.8, a geometric albedo of 0.02 gives a diameter of 250 km (160 mi): 3  while a geometric albedo of 0.04 gives a diameter of 175 km...

Sedna's relatively high visible-wavelength geometric albedo of 0.32 (which suggests a NIR geometric albedo close to or exceeding 1.0) indicates an ice-rich...

known about Puck aside from its orbit, radius of about 81 km, and geometric albedo in visible light of approximately 0.11. Of the moons discovered by...

geometric albedo measured in 2011, making it the intrinsically darkest known exoplanet. If the entire day–night contrast were due to geometric albedo...

with the IRAS observatory give a diameter of 101.72 ± 5.18 km and a geometric albedo of 0.06 ± 0.01. By comparison, the MIPS photometer on the Spitzer Space...

a highly elongated body with radii of ~200×20 m when a comet-like geometric albedo of 0.04 is assumed. Here we report spectroscopic characterisation of...

710 km (440 mi), with an optical absolute magnitude of 3.77 and a geometric albedo (reflectivity) of 0.11. Compared to Pluto and its moon Charon, Ixion...

the estimated diameter of this asteroid is 47.97 ± 2.6 km with a geometric albedo of 0.2134 ± 0.026. A smaller diameter value of 41.33 ± 1.73 km is obtained...

geometric albedo of 0.07±0.01. By comparison, the MIPS photometer on the Spitzer Space Telescope gives a diameter of 168.72±8.89 km and a geometric albedo...

derive other albedo and scattering properties, such as the geometric albedo, the phase integral, and the Bond albedo. Albedo Geometric albedo Bidirectional...

more uniform light back at low phase angles. The definition of the geometric albedo p {\displaystyle p} , a measure for the reflectivity of planetary surfaces...

a geometric albedo of 0.19±0.02. By comparison, the MIPS photometer on the Spitzer Space Telescope gives a diameter of 88.30±8.51 km and a geometric albedo...

Eris is more massive. It also indicates a geometric albedo of 0.96. It is speculated that the high albedo is due to the surface ices being replenished...

with the IRAS observatory give a diameter of 109.56 ± 5.04 km and a geometric albedo of 0.08 ± 0.01. By comparison, the MIPS photometer on the Spitzer Space...

satellites are calculated from their absolute magnitudes with an assumed geometric albedo of 0.04, which is the average value for that population. Masses of...

upon this study, the asteroid has a diameter of 136.4 ± 1.2 km. The geometric albedo calculated at the time of the occultation was 0.071 ± 0.002. 2012 photometric...

geometric albedo of 0.03±0.01. By comparison, the MIPS photometer on the Spitzer Space Telescope gives a diameter of 145.44±7.72 km and a geometric albedo...

table shows that for bodies in the asteroid albedo range, the typical difference between Bond and geometric albedo is 20% or less, with either quantity capable...

density 3.037 ± 1.376/0.604 g/cm3 Synodic rotation period 11.8686 h (0.49453 d) Geometric albedo 0.051±0.006 Spectral type C Absolute magnitude (H) 9.16...

diameter and has one of the darkest known geometric albedos for an asteroid over 150 km in diameter. Its albedo has been measured at 0.028 and 0.037. The...

white or grey in appearance. The darkest known planet in terms of geometric albedo is TrES-2b, a hot Jupiter that reflects less than 1% of the light from...

initially limited the planet's albedo (or reflectivity) below 0.3, making it a surprisingly dark object. (The geometric albedo has since been measured to...

is known about Perdita apart from its orbit, radius of 13.3 km, and geometric albedo of 0.08. Moons of Uranus Calculated on the basis of other parameters...

visual wavelengths) in the Solar System, with a visual geometric albedo of 1.34. This very high albedo is the result of the sandblasting of particles from...

magnitude of 0.05. Makemake has a highly reflective surface with a geometrical albedo of 0.82±0.02. The rotation period of Makemake is estimated at 22.83...