What is atmospheric refraction? Explain, why stars twinkle but planets do
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The more atmosphere you are peering through, the more stars (or planets) appear to twinkle. ... You can see planets as disks if you looked through a telescope, while stars remain pinpoints. The light from these little disks is also refracted by Earth's atmosphere, as it travels toward our eyes.
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Atmospheric refraction is the deviation of light or other electromagnetic wave from a straight line as it passes through the atmosphere due to the variation in air density as a function of height. This refraction is due to the velocity of light through air decreasing with increased density.
Due to the planets's apparent closeness to earth,the light coming from these celestial bodies does not bend much due to earth's atmosphere