Question

Two friends observe a bright object in the sky at night that was not twinkling. One friend says that object is a star and other says it is a planet, who is correct among the two and why?​

Answer 1

Answer:-

The other guys who said that it is a planet is correct.

Reason:-

• Because of very small distance between earth and planets as compared to stars the twinkling of planet is almost negligible and it seems to be a steady bright object whereas stars seems to be twinkling because of their large distance from earth and refraction from the atmosphere of earth.

Answer 2

Answer:

the answer is that the bright object is a planet

Explanation:

because the stars twinkle and the object was not twinkling so it can be a planet but there is another answer to it, it can be a satellite also