1. This problem concerns the difficulty of directly detecting Earth-like planets.The Bond albedo for the Earth is 0.29. Calculate the fraction of the total emitted light fromthe Sun that is reflected by the Earth.

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1. This problem concerns the difficulty of directly detecting Earth-like planets.
The Bond albedo for the Earth is 0.29. Calculate the fraction of the total emitted light from
the Sun that is reflected by the Earth.

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