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Yes. The planets are much closer to our star, "The Sun" than to other stars out there. In fact, Earth is only 149,600,000 Km away from the Sun! But to travel to the next closest star, you would have to travel at the speed of light (300,000 Km/sec) for 4 years!
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoYes. The planets are very much closer. If you live in a big city, the comparative distances between the planets and the stars are like this; The planets are in the kitchen and the stars are across town or in the next state.
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∙ 9y agoThe distance to Venus was measured by observing it from two different places a known distance apart while Venus was in transit of the Sun. The distances of the other planets follow from Kepler's laws of planetary motion. Neptune's orbit has a radius of 30 astronomical units.
The distances to the nearest stars are measured by parallax, which is: how much do they appear to shift in the sky as the Earth moves round the Sun? If the parallax is one second of arc, the star's distance is one parsec (3.26 light years), and at that distance the radius of the Earth's orbit subtends one second as viewed from that star.
In fact there are no stars as close as 1 parsec, but 1 parsec is a distance of 206264.8 astronomical units. The nearest star is about 9000 times further away than Neptune, so the Solar System is quite small, really.
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Why do planets appear to move through the background of stars?
planets are much closer to us than the stars
The planets appear to move through the background of stars because?
planets are much closer to us than the stars
How many planets are closer to the Sun than Jupiter?
The planets closer to the Sun than Jupiter are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. So, four planets are closer than Jupiter.
Which planets have morning and evening stars?
Any planets further in would tend to appear as morning or evening "stars." So from Mars the planets Earth, Venus, and Mercury would all be morning and evening "stars." Venus, of course, would be much brighter than Earth, even though Earth would generally be closer. Earth has a lower albedo.
What planets are closer to the sun than earth?
Mercury and Venus
How do scientists know that planets are closer to earth than the stars?
not a clue
Why do stars planets and moons do not collide it self?
The moon is many times closer to the Earth than the stars are.
Why do the sun and planet appear to be moving through fixed stars?
The Sun and orbiting planets are MUCH closer to the Earth than other stars.
Why do planets appear to move through the background of stars?
planets are much closer to us than the stars
Why is the sun bigger than the other stars?
Because the Sun is closer to the earth than all the other stars
Is the sun closer to earth than a planet?
There are 2 planets that are closer to the Sun than Earth, the planets obviously being Mercury and Venus.
The planets appear to move through the background of stars because?
planets are much closer to us than the stars
What is closer to earth - the sun or other stars?
the sun is closer ot the earth than the other stars are .
Is the sun or other stars closer to Earth?
the sun is closer ot the earth than the other stars are .
How many planets are closer to the Sun than Jupiter?
The planets closer to the Sun than Jupiter are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. So, four planets are closer than Jupiter.
Why do planets appear larger then stars?
because they're way closer than the stars
Which planets have morning and evening stars?
Any planets further in would tend to appear as morning or evening "stars." So from Mars the planets Earth, Venus, and Mercury would all be morning and evening "stars." Venus, of course, would be much brighter than Earth, even though Earth would generally be closer. Earth has a lower albedo.
