During secondary eclipse the planet passes behind its star. The lost system light measures the planet-star flux ratio from reflected starlight and planetary thermal emission.
Geometric albedo compares a body's full-phase brightness with that of a flat, perfectly diffusing reference disc of the same cross-section.
Bond albedo is the fraction of total incident power reflected in all directions and over all wavelengths.
A Lambertian surface has direction-independent radiance. A perfectly reflecting Lambertian patch receiving normal flux emits specific intensity into its outward hemisphere.
For blackbody star and planet, the monochromatic thermal eclipse depth is
(1)

Ancestors (6)

  1. Exoplanet atmosphere
  2. Exoplanet
  3. Astrophysics
  4. Branch of physics
  5. Physics
  6. Home

Incoming links (1)

View article source

Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
See all articles in the same topic Create my own version