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With an average albedo of 4.4 percent, Bennu is one of the darkest objects in the Solar System. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "What is black and gray and far away?," 20 Mar. 2020

The tiny orbiting asteroid, according to Wierzchos's additional tweets, has a diameter between 6.2 and 11.5 feet and has an albedo, or surface brightness, similar to C-type asteroids, which are carbon-rich. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, "Earth Can Have a New Little Moon, as a Treat," 26 Feb. 2020

The albedo of Venus is close to .7, meaning its thick cloud covering reflects about 70% of the light striking it back into space. Kristen Rogers, CNN, "How to see Venus and a crescent moon side-by-side this Thursday," 27 Feb. 2020

Its high surface reflectivity, or albedo, throws back incoming solar radiation and keeps the ground beneath it relatively cool. Shannon Hall, Scientific American, "Colorado River Is in Danger of a Parched Future," 21 Feb. 2020

Eventually, Hooks found some Russian materials from the 1920s that, in pure mathematics, described the albedo of the Moon. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "The Greatest Leap, part 4: Catching Apollo fever as a new NASA employee," 19 July 2019

Permafrost and loss of albedo are the only two feedbacks with cost estimates at this point. Stephen Leahy, National Geographic, "A warming Arctic could cost the world trillions of dollars," 23 Apr. 2019

The new classification system uses what are called calibrated spectra and geometric albedos, measurements of the way light reflects off a planet's surface. David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "New Planet "Fingerprint" System Will Help Find Habitable Exoplanets," 31 July 2018

The camera also maintains albedo, displacement, and normal map that are render-ready. Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, "HP’s Z 3D Camera puts Sprout’s scanning power on your PC," 8 Jan. 2018

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