Is a Robust Estimate of Tau Ceti 'f' Albedo Possible?

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Can there be a robust estimate of tau Ceti 'f' albedo ??
tau Ceti 'f' is an *interesting* planet, on habitable zone's outer border-line around a mostly placid, mid-K star, its Sine(i) mass highly sensitive to orbital plane alignment.

IIRC, current estimates are based on the big asteroid belt's ~35º inclination to line-of-sight. With necessary proviso that estimate may be up-ended if belt is skew, eg due one or more planets' 'Long Tack' per 'Nice Model'...

Given such potential 'gotchas', and pending actual optical resolution, can there be a robust estimate of tau Ceti 'f' albedo ??
 
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Planetary atmospheric modelling / monte-carlo simulation ??
 
With just the very approximate mass and distance to the star you can't do much. There is nothing a robust estimate could be based on.