Consider the following statements The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when view...........

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Consider the following statements:

The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light.
The albedo of Mercury is much greater than the albedo of the Earth.=

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light. Albedo is the fraction of solar energy (shortwave radiation) reflected from the Earth back into space. It is a measure of the reflectivity of the earth’s surface.

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