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Calculating the absolute magnitude of a solar system body

I am trying to calculate the absolute magnitude of a solar system object, given its albedo, and assuming all of its luminosity comes from reflecting light from the sun. Using $L_{sun}$ = solar ...
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absolute magnitude of an asteroid

I've done some research and found that one could derive the absolute magnitude $H$ of an asteroid in the following way. $H$ is the brightness of the asteroid, observed on Earth, if the asteroid were ...
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How to calculate absolute magnitude of planets?

Knowing: Star's radius $r_s$ , luminosity $L_s$, and absolute magnitude $V$ Planet's radius $r_p$ , albedo $a$ , and distance $d_s$ How can you calculate the absolute magnitude of a planet in a ...
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