Albedo (disambiguation)

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The albedo of an object is its optical reflectivity, i.e., the extent to which it reflects light.

• The geometric albedo refers to light reflected back from a perpendicular surface.
• The Bond albedo is the proportion of total incident power that is reflected.

Albedo may also refer to:

• Albedo feature, a large area on the surface of a planet (or other solar system body) which shows a contrast in brightness or darkness (albedo) with adjacent areas.
• The albedo is also the "spongy white tissue on the inside of the rind of citrus fruit" (American Heritage Dictionary) between the peel and the fruit, also sometimes known as the pith. See Citrus Fruits for an illustration and discussion.
• Albedo, a comic book anthology
• Albedo (role-playing game)
• Albedo (Xenosaga), a character from the game series Xenosaga
• Albedo 0.39, an album by Vangelis
• Albedo, an alchemical term