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what is the difference between planets and stars?
Asked by shrinilassp | 02 Mar, 2016, 06:05: PM
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Hi Nila,

Star Planet
A star has its own light. A planet has no light of its own. It shines by reflecting the light of the Sun.
Stars twinkle at night. Planets do not twinkle.
There are billions of stars in the celestial sphere. There are only nine planets in the Solar System.
Since the stars are very far away, the telescope can only make them look brighter but not larger. Most planets on the other hand are near enough to the Earth to be magnified by the telescope.
The relative positions of the stars do not undergo any noticeable change. Since planets are very mush closer to the Earth than the stars are, their motion around the Sun is noticeable as a daily shifting of their relative positions in the sky.

 

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