why stars twinkle but planets don't please tell me according to Marks 3
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Unlike stars, planets don't twinkle. Stars are so distant that they appear as pinpoints of light in the night sky, even when viewed through a telescope. Because all the light is coming from a single point, its path is highly susceptible to atmospheric interference (i.e. their light is easily diffracted).
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dhruv9330:
Ap ya too btaooo planet why dont twinkle
Read the answer carefully.. the planet do not twinkle because they don't have its light
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The reasons are :
Stars are much, much brighter compared to planets
Since planets are not as bright as stars, we can’t really see any planet except from those in our own solar system via our naked eye.
Talking about planets like Venus which can be seen by the naked eye in favourable climatic conditions, the light is so faint that the twinkling would be unnoticable. That is to say that the scattering of light caused wouldn’t be significant enough for our eyes to sense the twinkling.
In case of stars, however, the ones that are close enough for us to see in the night sky, are quite bright spots. More photons reach our eyes in the case of nearby stars than those being reflected by planets. Because larger amount of these photons are able to reach the Earth, the no. of them being scattered is also more. Hence, there is a noticeable difference in the the direct beam of light and the scattered beam’s intensity.
Stars are much, much brighter compared to planets
Since planets are not as bright as stars, we can’t really see any planet except from those in our own solar system via our naked eye.
Talking about planets like Venus which can be seen by the naked eye in favourable climatic conditions, the light is so faint that the twinkling would be unnoticable. That is to say that the scattering of light caused wouldn’t be significant enough for our eyes to sense the twinkling.
In case of stars, however, the ones that are close enough for us to see in the night sky, are quite bright spots. More photons reach our eyes in the case of nearby stars than those being reflected by planets. Because larger amount of these photons are able to reach the Earth, the no. of them being scattered is also more. Hence, there is a noticeable difference in the the direct beam of light and the scattered beam’s intensity.
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