planetshine
Sign in to savethumb|right|220px|Saturn's moon Mimas is lit by Saturnshine on the right and sunshine at the top. thumb|right|220px|The Moon lit by [[earthshine, captured by the lunar-prospecting Clementine spacecraft in 1994. Clementine's color enhanced image reveals (from right to left) the Moon lit by earthshine, the Sun's corona rising over the Moon's dark limb, and the planets Saturn, Mars, and Mercury (the three dots at lower left).]]
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6 sectionsContents
- Retroreflection
- Ringshine
- Search for terrestrial planets
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|220px|Saturn's moon Mimas is lit by Saturnshine on the right and sunshine at the top. thumb|right|220px|The Moon lit by [[earthshine, captured by the lunar-prospecting Clementine spacecraft in 1994. Clementine's color enhanced image reveals (from right to left) the Moon lit by earthshine, the Sun's corona rising over the Moon's dark limb, and the planets Saturn, Mars, and Mercury (the three dots at lower left).]]
Planetshine is the dim illumination, by sunlight reflected from a planet, of all or part of the otherwise dark side of any moon orbiting the body. Planetlight is the diffuse reflection of sunlight from a planet, whose albedo can be measured.