2007-10-27 02:20:45 · 6 answers · asked by Tracy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Absence of atmosphere allows light to reflect back in all direction.
2007-10-27 02:35:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
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Nothing to do with atmosphere. Venus has incredibly dense atmosphere, yet reflects 76 per cent of the sunlight. The moon is bright because it's close.
2007-10-27 09:56:15 · answer #2 · answered by Choose a bloody best answer. It's not hard. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite right the surface of the Moon is pretty much neutral grey but the intensity of the sunlight striking the moon is very high and even 12% is sufficient to see by.
2007-10-27 09:55:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Moon is actually a dark grey, about like an asphalt road surface. The reason it looks bright is because it's in full sunlight, and surrounded by a very dark sky.
2007-10-27 12:19:20 · answer #4 · answered by cosmo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the Moon is exceedingly nonreflective. It reflects only 12% of the light that hits it. It is made mostly of Basalt, the same rock that makes up Earth's sea floors.
2007-10-27 09:31:22 · answer #5 · answered by ZikZak 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
very small silicone spheres.
2007-10-27 11:39:35 · answer #6 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋