An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Bond albedo
  سپیدای ِ باند  
sepidâ-ye Bond
Fr.: albedo de Bond  

The fraction of the total amount of electromagnetic radiation falling upon a non-luminous spherical body that is reflected in all directions by that body. The bond albedo takes into account all wavelengths at all → phase angles. Compare with → geometric albedo.

See also: Named after the American astronomer George Phillips Bond (1825-1865), who proposed it; → albedo.