We had this discussion in a class last night. There is
no atmosphere to scatter light on the moon, so if you're in a
shadow, how pitch black is it? Will the light reflected/
scattered from the surface (albedo of the moon is 0.07, if
I recall right) be sufficient to light the page?

http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/iangoddard/moon01.htm


Scott

Scott L wrote:
We had this discussion in a class last night. There is
no atmosphere to scatter light on the moon, so if you're in a
shadow, how pitch black is it? Will the light reflected/
scattered from the surface (albedo of the moon is 0.07, if
I recall right) be sufficient to light the page?

http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/iangoddard/moon01.htm


Scott

My guess would be yes.

While I'm certain shadows are darker on the moon as there's
no atmospheric scattering, there's still loads of reflected
light from the surface. There's enough light from the
full moon here on Earth to read by, so I'd imagine it would
be even brighter on the moon itself.

-Eric B

On 17 Jun 2006 11:11:51 -0700, wrote:

Scott L wrote:
We had this discussion in a class last night. There is
no atmosphere to scatter light on the moon, so if you're in a
shadow, how pitch black is it? Will the light reflected/
scattered from the surface (albedo of the moon is 0.07, if
I recall right) be sufficient to light the page?

http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/iangoddard/moon01.htm


Scott

My guess would be yes.

While I'm certain shadows are darker on the moon as there's
no atmospheric scattering, there's still loads of reflected
light from the surface. There's enough light from the
full moon here on Earth to read by, so I'd imagine it would
be even brighter on the moon itself.

-Eric B

How does the moon effect the climate of earth other than tides?

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Pedro Sanchez wrote:
On 17 Jun 2006 11:11:51 -0700, wrote:

How does the moon effect the climate of earth other than tides?

What has this to do with the original question?

As it happens I have answered it to the point where you can extrapolate
moderation to the climate to the extent that affects such things as
whales and their probable numbers before it might be safe to hunt them
once mo
http://groups.google.com/group/Sea_C...88422b92daf5/#

(No, I haven't worked it all out for you. If you want me to do your
homework, you will have to pay me and give me the job you get with your
qualifications.)