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Sketch of the geometry of the reflection at location O on the exoplanet, with latitude and longitude →. Quantities r, →, →0 and are the planetary radius, viewing zenith angle, stellar zenith angle, and planetary phase angle, respectively. The gray area element represents the area on the planet subtended by latitude element → and longitude element →→.

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