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LARGE >comparison< SCALE   |.|.|.|   Albedo (reflectivity)

A surface with an albedo equal to 0 absorbs all incoming light and reflects nothing (the surface looks black); a surface with an albedo of 1 reflects all incoming light (looks completely white)

For space objects, the values are presented as Bond albedo (total reflected radiation)

• 0.00 Black hole
• 0.04 Fresh asphalt
  
• 0.06 Open ocean
  
• 0.08...0.15 Conifer forest (in summer)
  
• 0.088 Mercury (planet)
• 0.1...0.2 Dark roofs
• 0.11 Moon
  
• 0.12 Worn asphalt
  
• 0.15...0.18 Deciduous forest
  
• 0.17 Bare soil
  
• 0.25 Green grass
  
• 0.25 Mars
  
• 0.29 Neptune
  
• 0.294 Earth
  
• 0.3 Uranus
  
• 0.342 Saturn
• 0.4...0.6 Light-colored roofs
• 0.4 Pluto
  
• 0.4 Desert sand
  
• 0.5...0.7 Ocean ice
  
• 0.503 Jupiter
  
• 0.55 New concrete
  
• 0.76 Venus
  
• 0.8 Fresh snow
• 0.8...0.9 White-painted surfaces
• 0.81 Enceladus (moon of Saturn)
• 0.85 Aluminum surfaces of architectural structures
• 0.99 Eris (dwarf planet)

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