Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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A measure of the extent to which a material absorbs and scatters incident electromagnetic radiation. It is dependent on wavelength, though a mean value may be used to simplify calculations.
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