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What is the proportion of light reflected by a planet?
The proportion varies with the density of the planet's atmosphere
What is the proportion of light reflected from a planet?
The name of the fraction of light reflected off a celestial object is its albedo. The moon has an albedo of around 0.12 which is to say about 12% of the light that falls on it gets reflected (some sources say as low as 7%) - meaning it's pretty dark. Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, has an albedo of about 0.99.
Which method has not yet detected planets around other stars?
Detection of reflected light by the planet
What are 3 examples of light being reflected?
- light reflected from a window- light reflected from a mirror- light reflected from snow
Does Mercury have a source of light?
Strictly speaking Mercury (the planet) isn't luminous, since that implies it has its own method of generating light. Astronomers speak of albedo, which is the ratio of light reflected as a fraction of incident light arriving on the body; the darker the body, the lower the albedo. Mercury has an albedo of about 0.1 which is roughly the same as our Moon - about ten percent of the light landing on it gets reflected back.
What is the proportion of light reflected by a planet?
The proportion varies with the density of the planet's atmosphere
What proportion of light is reflected by a planet?
albedo
What is the proportion of light reflected from a planet?
The name of the fraction of light reflected off a celestial object is its albedo. The moon has an albedo of around 0.12 which is to say about 12% of the light that falls on it gets reflected (some sources say as low as 7%) - meaning it's pretty dark. Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, has an albedo of about 0.99.
What is the percentage of light reflected by a planet?
Albedo is the measurement of how strongly light is reflected off an object.
What is a term that means reflected light?
The light which enters is called the incident ray and the reflected light is called the reflected ray.
How astronomers can identify the gasses found in a planet's atmosphere explain?
It's by analzying the spectrum of light reflected off the planet, through a method called spectroscopy. Different elements absorb light energy at different wavelengths, and re-emit light at specific, well-characterized wavelengths. By analyzing the light reflected off a planet, scientists can work out the most abundant elements in its atmosphere.
What is light that is reflected called?
A mirror
What does it mean to say that the earth has an albedo of 33 percent?
That's the proportion of the incident light or radiation that is reflected by the Earth.
What is a line of reflection?
A line of reflection is a reflected line, often off of a mirror. If a flashlight sends a beam of light at a mirror (the light is called the incident beam), the angle at which it hits the mirror will equall the angle at which the reflected beam of light (called the reflected beam), exits the mirror. This is called the Law of Reflection. This is why light is reflected from a mirror at the same angle at which light struck its surface. A line of reflection is a reflected line, often off of a mirror. If a flashlight sends a beam of light at a mirror (the light is called the incident beam), the angle at which it hits the mirror will equall the angle at which the reflected beam of light (called the reflected beam), exits the mirror. This is called the Law of Reflection. This is why light is reflected from a mirror at the same angle at which light struck its surface.
What is the angle called when the reflected light rays make with the normal?
The angle is called the reflected angle.
Is there light coming from any planets?
no light is not emitted by any planet but light ,reflected by many planets comes to the earth
When not all of the light is reflected is the light called absorbed?
Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.
