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.
• 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
• The inner rind (mesocarp) of a hesperidium fruit
• Albedo Anthropomorphics, a science fiction comic