Question

Why planets are always small compared with the stars because otherwise

Answer 1

This bending causes the star to appear to twinkle. ... Since the planets are so much closer to the Earth than the stars, they appear larger to us. When their light gets bent by the Earth's atmosphere, the amount the light bends is small compared to how big the planet looks, so there's no twinkle.

Answer 2

Answer:

Planets are always small compared with the stars because the planets would be star themselves.

Explanation:

• If mass of planet keeps on increasing then due to gravitational compression its temperature will start to rise.
• Further increase in the mass will rise the temperature to the level that hydrogen on planet will start to undergo fusion and eventually the planet will convert into star.

• The planets within our solar system are much closer.
• Even though the planets are much narrower than the stars, because they are so near to us, planets seem to be about the same size as the stars.