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Default Is the Moon *really* as dark as coal? -Guy Macon

On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:41:36 +0000, Guy Macon wrote:

BradGuth wrote:

Average or typical terrestrial coal has an albedo of 0.1 (10%)


"Coal has an albedo of about 0.05." ~Encyclopedia Britannica

the moon surface [has an] average of .07 albedo


"Visual geometric albedo, Moon = 0.12
Bond albedo, Moon = 0.12" ~NASA Moon Fact Sheet


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