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Lookatit's avatar

Moon does not reflect sunlight

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

famous punchline: "that ain't the sun..."

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Gwyneth's avatar

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/albedo

": reflective power

specifically : the fraction of incident radiation (such as light) that is reflected by a surface or body (such as the moon or a cloud)"

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20140017658/downloads/20140017658.pdf

The global albedo of the Moon at 1064 nm from LOLA

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

So I sez to my doctor, I sez, "I'm having some problems with my albedo."

So he sez, "Here. Try this Viagra."

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Gwyneth's avatar

Goofus🤣

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

It's uncanny that you would say that. I don't recall ever telling anyone my middle name.

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Et's Cinema PsychoMasonica's avatar

I have to say that photo amounts to the best and most prosaic proof I have ever seen that things are not as we have been told. You have opened quite the can of worms as I'm sure your aware.....

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

If I have seen so far... it is because I have stood on the backs of Giants...

and yelled: Jump highya! I cain't see nuffin frum hehyar!

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