Alain wrote:
> Dan P nous apporta ses lumieres ainsi en ce 2004/04/25 13:04... :
> 
>> Jellby wrote:
>>
>>> Among other things, Dan P wrote:
>>>
>>>> Truth: A body cannot reflect less light than is applied to it.
>>>
>>> Huh?
>>
>> Yep; strange to think that way, I know, but that is a truth!
>> (Please don't bring up black holes either -- we aren't modelling those)
> 
> Receive visible light, absorbs it and transform it to heat, re-emit it 
> as thermal infrared light. Energy in = energy out.

Right; the light that is does not reflect it absorbs and converts to heat.
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Respectfully,
Dan P
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