The apparent brightness of the sun as seen from a binary


The apparent brightness of the sun as seen from a binary asteroid is 400 watts/square meter,
a. If the larger asteroid ( Asteroid A) has an albedo of .6, what amount of brightness in watts/square meter does Asteroid A reflect back into space?
b. If the smaller asteroid (Asteroid B) is observed to reflect 50 watts/square meter back into space, what is the albedo of asteroid B?

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