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albedo

ratio of reflected radiation to incident radiation
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albedo

Summary

albedo ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,837 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • albedo is a type of ratio of two quantities of the same kind[2].
  • albedo's Commons category is recorded as Albedo[3].
  • albedo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Albedo[4].
  • albedo's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[5].
  • albedo's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[6].
  • albedo's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • albedo's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • albedo's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[9].
  • albedo's main Wikidata property is recorded as P4501[10].
  • albedo's different from is recorded as Albedo 0.39[11].
  • albedo's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[12].
  • albedo's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].
  • albedo's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].

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Definition and Type

albedo is a type of ratio of two quantities of the same kind[2].

Why It Matters

albedo ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,837 views/month).[1] albedo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] albedo is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Albedo
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27997, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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