Why is a body with large reflectivity a poor emitter?

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Explanation:
According to Kirchhoff s law of black body radiations, good emitters are good absorbers and bad emitters are bad absorbers.
A body with large reflectivity is a poor absorber of heat.
And consequently, it is also a poor emitter.

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