explain why do the planet not twinkle but the star twinkle?
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its beacause of changing refractive index of air and atmospheric air pressure
star being a point source undergoes a change in brightness and position because of above mentioned factors
but planet being a collection of point sources does not undergo changes in its total brightness
one more reason is star is farther than us as compared to planets..
hope this helps...
star being a point source undergoes a change in brightness and position because of above mentioned factors
but planet being a collection of point sources does not undergo changes in its total brightness
one more reason is star is farther than us as compared to planets..
hope this helps...
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The twinkling of a star is due to the atmospheric refraction of star's light.The continuously changing atmosphere refracts the light from the stars by different amounts from one moment to the next.The star light reaching out eyes increases and decreases continuously due to atmospheric refraction.And the star appears to twinkle at night.
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