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Old 17-05-2011, 05:27 PM
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The amateur spectroscopes we're talking about are not sensitive enough to do the sort of analytical stuff being discussed.
Most surfaces will re-radiate the solar energy into the IR; you could take a spectrum and then compare it with a standard G2V to see any differences...this method is successfully used to show the methane absorption bands in the gas giant planets.
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