Science, asked by bpnagaraj901115, 10 months ago

stars appears to be Twinkle but planets do not Twinkle why​

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Answered by iamastudent4444
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Stars are so distant that they appear as pinpoints of light in the night sky, even when viewed through a telescope. All the light is coming from a single point, its path is highly susceptible to atmospheric interference.

The much closer planets appear instead as tiny disks in the sky (a distinction more easily discerned with a telescope than with the naked eye). Their apparent sizes are usually larger than the pockets of air that would distort their light, so the diffractions cancel out and the effects of astronomical scintillation are negligible.

Because planets do not have nuclear fusion, they do not produce their own light. Instead, they shine with light reflected from a star.

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Answered by satveerrana78
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Answer:

the planet are much closer to the earth and are thus seen as extended source. if we consider a planet as a collection of a large number of point sized sources of light the total variation in the amount of light entering our eye from all individuals point sized source will average out to zero and will nullify the twinkle effect

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