Question 10:
Explain why the planets do not twinkle?
Answer:
Planets do not twinkle because they appear larger in size than the stars as they
are relatively closer to earth. Planets can be considered as a collection of a large
number of point-size sources of light. The different parts of these planets produce
either brighter or dimmer effect in such a way that the average of brighter and
dimmer effect is zero.Hence, the twinkling effects of the planets are nullified and
they do not twinkle.
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