<p>For moons of Jupiter you may look at <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/joviansatfact.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this compilation from NASA</a>. The icy or sulfurous surfaces of three of the Galilean satellites stand out in this system.</p>

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2023-12-06T11:47:58.370Z
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Oscar Lanzi
<p>Can I find a list of natural satellites of the Solar System with the average albedo for each one ?</p>
<p>Enceladus, for instance has an albedo of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus" rel="nofollow noreferrer">0.81</a> and Triton has an albedo of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(moon)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">0.76</a>. But has someone already made a table with the albedo for each moon in the Solar System ?</p>

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2023-12-05T19:33:21.540Z
not a complete one, but you may find some at `https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_albedo`
Greeddeer
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2023-12-06T01:51:17.530Z
Sorry, I don't have a list, but Horizons has geometric albedo of the major satellites, eg https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api/horizons.api?format=text&MAKE_EPHEM=NO&COMMAND=602 Here are the IDs of all major bodies: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api/horizons.api?format=text&MAKE_EPHEM=NO&COMMAND=MB
PM 2Ring
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2023-12-06T03:12:31.927Z
The Minor Planet Center gives phase and magnitude, which you could use to compute the albedo. https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/NatSats/NaturalSatellites.html
Greg Miller
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Natural satellites sorted by albedo
usernumber
# Natural satellites sorted by albedo

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-12-05)

Can I find a list of natural satellites of the Solar System with the average albedo for each one ?

Enceladus, for instance has an albedo of [0.81](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus) and Triton has an albedo of [0.76](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(moon)). But has someone already made a table with the albedo for each moon in the Solar System ?

**Tags:** natural-satellites, albedo
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: not a complete one, but you may find some at `https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_albedo`  
> **username_2**: Sorry, I don't have a list, but Horizons has geometric albedo of the major satellites, eg https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api/horizons.api?format=text&MAKE_EPHEM=NO&COMMAND=602 Here are the IDs of all major bodies: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api/horizons.api?format=text&MAKE_EPHEM=NO&COMMAND=MB  
> **username_3**: The Minor Planet Center gives phase and magnitude, which you could use to compute the albedo. https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/NatSats/NaturalSatellites.html  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2023-12-06. Score: 1

For moons of Jupiter you may look at [this compilation from NASA](https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/joviansatfact.html). The icy or sulfurous surfaces of three of the Galilean satellites stand out in this system.


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