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Essentially the amount of radiation reflected per spectrum band (UV, X, visible etc.) depends on atmospheric and object surface chemical composition. In the case of the Moon you have no atmosphere, so this is already a great difference with respect to Earth. But since there's also a different surface composition between Earth and Moon you can't say a priori: "if the Earth reflects x amount of UV radiation from the Sun because of the atmosphere, then the Moon reflects all of it cause atmosphere is absent". Of course it's just an example.

To make it simpler, you can think about all the objects you see around you in everyday life: their colours depends also on their chemical composition. If you put an atmosphere around a desk for example, the colour you see might change, and if you change the atmosphere chemical composition, that colour will change again. If you remove the atmosphere around the desk and you change the composition of the desk you will see again another colour. This is because the amount of radiation reflected per band changes, so the final result is a different colour. The albedo is referred to all the radiation coming from these bands.

Essentially the amount of radiation reflected per spectrum band (UV, X, visible etc.) depends on atmospheric and object surface chemical composition. In the case of the Moon you have no atmosphere, so this is already a great difference with respect to Earth. But since there's also a different surface composition between Earth and Moon you can't say a priori: "if the Earth reflects x amount of UV radiation from the Sun because of the atmosphere, then the Moon reflects all of it cause atmosphere is absent". Of course it's just an example.

Answer edit for rephrasing: no, that difference can't exactly be visible light. The albedo is estimated from the amount of reflected light, which includes the whole spectrum of radiation.

Essentially the amount of radiation reflected per spectrum band (UV, X, visible etc.) depends on atmospheric and object surface chemical composition. In the case of the Moon you have no atmosphere, so this is already a great difference with respect to Earth. But since there's also a different surface composition between Earth and Moon you can't say a priori: "if the Earth reflects x amount of UV radiation from the Sun because of the atmosphere, then the Moon reflects all of it cause atmosphere is absent". Of course it's just an example.

To make it simpler, you can think about all the objects you see around you in everyday life: their colours depends also on their chemical composition. If you put an atmosphere around a desk for example, the colour you see might change, and if you change the atmosphere chemical composition, that colour will change again. If you remove the atmosphere around the desk and you change the composition of the desk you will see again another colour. This is because the amount of radiation reflected per band changes, so the final result is a different colour. You can think about this as the albedo of the object you're looking at. Albedo is not something constant in fact, it depends on the wavelength you're observing.

Essentially the amount of radiation reflected per spectrum band (UV, X, visible etc.) depends on atmospheric and object surface chemical composition. In the case of the Moon you have no atmosphere, so this is already a great difference with respect to Earth. But since there's also a different surface composition between Earth and Moon you can't say a priori: "if the Earth reflects x amount of UV radiation from the Sun because of the atmosphere, then the Moon reflects all of it cause atmosphere is absent". Of course it's just an example.

To make it simpler, you can think about all the objects you see around you in everyday life: their colours depends also on their chemical composition. If you put an atmosphere around a desk for example, the colour you see might change, and if you change the atmosphere chemical composition, that colour will change again. If you remove the atmosphere around the desk and you change the composition of the desk you will see again another colour. This is because the amount of radiation reflected per band changes, so the final result is a different colour. The albedo is referred to all the radiation coming from these bands.

Essentially the amount of radiation reflected per spectrum band (UV, X, visible etc.) depends on atmospheric and object surface chemical composition. In the case of the Moon you have no atmosphere, so this is already a great difference in respect of Earth. But since there's also a different surface composition between Earth and Moon you can't say a priori: "if the Earth refelct x amount of UV radiation from the Sun because of the atmosphere, than the Moon reflect all of it cause atmosphere is absent". Of course it's just an example.

To make it simplier, you can think about all the objects you see around you in everyday life: ther colours depends also on their chemical composition. If you put an atmosphere around a desk for example, the colour you see might change, and if you change the atmosphere chemical composition, that colour will change again. If you remove the atmosphere around the desk and you change the composition of the desk you will see again another colour. This is because the amount of radiation reflected per band changes, so the final result is a different colour. You can think about this as the albedo of the object you're looking at. Albedo is not something constant in fact, it depends on the wavelength you're observing.

Essentially the amount of radiation reflected per spectrum band (UV, X, visible etc.) depends on atmospheric and object surface chemical composition. In the case of the Moon you have no atmosphere, so this is already a great difference with respect to Earth. But since there's also a different surface composition between Earth and Moon you can't say a priori: "if the Earth reflects x amount of UV radiation from the Sun because of the atmosphere, then the Moon reflects all of it cause atmosphere is absent". Of course it's just an example.

To make it simpler, you can think about all the objects you see around you in everyday life: their colours depends also on their chemical composition. If you put an atmosphere around a desk for example, the colour you see might change, and if you change the atmosphere chemical composition, that colour will change again. If you remove the atmosphere around the desk and you change the composition of the desk you will see again another colour. This is because the amount of radiation reflected per band changes, so the final result is a different colour. You can think about this as the albedo of the object you're looking at. Albedo is not something constant in fact, it depends on the wavelength you're observing.