Light reflectance on a sphere

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Oday Shahadh
Oday Shahadh on 29 Jan 2017
Commented: Star Strider on 29 Jan 2017
Is there a function in Matlab give me the reflected light on a sphere as a vectors ? and what about " diffuse" function

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Jan
Jan on 29 Jan 2017
diffuse and specular are a good point to start from, when you approximate a sphere by a set of polygones. I assume this is meant by "as a vectors". If not, please explain, what you have as inputs and want as output.
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Oday Shahadh
Oday Shahadh on 29 Jan 2017
Edited: Jan on 29 Jan 2017
I am estimating the satellite power generation by solar cells..a part of the power generated is from earth albedo and so the light source is the Sun.. I already have the Sun vector as well as the norms to each face of the satellite.. if I can get a set of vectors which represents the diffusion reflective light according to lambartian model.. So I can find the iincidence angles between the reflected diffused vectors and the norms to each side of the satellites.. Thanks in advance
Star Strider
Star Strider on 29 Jan 2017
See if the surfnorm function will give you the information you want.

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