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Umov effect (Planetary science 🪐)
The Umov effect, also known as Umov's law, is a relationship between the albedo of an astronomical object, and the degree of polarization of light reflecting off it. The effect was discovered by the Russian physicist Nikolay Umov in 1905, and can be observed for celestial objects such as the surface of the Moon and the asteroids. The degree...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umov_effect
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