One such origin is the Main Asteroid Belt, but it's not the only place where asteroids emerge ... including its reflectance and albedo. Those two properties can often tell you what part of ...

These celestial objects look like asteroids but act like comets now come ... “By analyzing the reflectivity,” or albedo, “and the orbits, we found that our solar system contains two ...

In case there are no physical samples from the asteroids, which is often the case, scientists rely on the object's physical characteristics—including its reflectance and albedo, to understand ...