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Old 08-19-2012, 01:17 PM   #4
orison

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Devil's advocate mode.

> It is defined as the luminous intensity of light travelling in a particular direction, divided by the area. ... the same as it is under normal conditions on the surface of Pluto.

It'd be zero then, wouldn't it, because light never travels exactly in a particular prespecified direction, the photons would be a squillionth of a degree off.
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