Science, asked by sprabhavathi1982, 1 month ago

Why do stars twinkle?

Explain why planets do not twinkle​

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Answered by tanvinegi613
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Explanation:

Why do stars twinkle

=As light from a star races through our atmosphere, it bounces and bumps through the different layers, bending the light before you see it. Since the hot and cold layers of air keep moving, the bending of the light changes too, which causes the star's appearance to wobble or twinkle.

Explain why planets do not

twinkle

=Planets appear larger to human eyes as compared to stars because they are closer. As the angle subtended by the planets at the human eye is more, the shift in their position(as compared to stars) is smaller. Since, the shift is smaller, they do not twinkle.

Answered by ashwiniydesale46176
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stars are so distant that they appear as pinpoints of light in night sky while planets do nat because planets and moons are made up of rock and many more particles which don't have there on light

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