Physics, asked by nsiou5095, 1 year ago

Stars seem higher than they actually appear.Why?

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Answered by palakhanduja32

it is because of atmospheric refraction.
as light from stars enters from rarer to denser medium that is from vaccum to earths atmosphere therefore it bends everytime towards the normal and then it gets refracted back.so stars seem higher than they actually are.

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