ALBEDO (from Lat. albus, white), “whiteness,” a word used principally in astronomy for the degree of reflected light; the light of the sun which is reflected from the moon is called the albedo of the moon.
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ALBEDO (from Lat. albus, white), “whiteness,” a word used principally in astronomy for the degree of reflected light; the light of the sun which is reflected from the moon is called the albedo of the moon.