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Actually, to quite an extent, they do. Whenever enough material in interstellar space accretes together until it has an appreciable mass, and thus attracts even more material to itself, you have the beginning of either a planet or a star. A planet if it is largely solids, or an amount of gas insufficient to make it a star, or a star if it is mostly hydrogen, and has enough of it to cause nuclear fusion at the center.
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Why are planet not like stars?
Planets are much closer; stars are just like the sun but much farther away. Planets are rocky or gaseous (or ice) bodies, while stars, like our sun , are giant fusion reactors on steroids. Stars are very hot (millions of degrees) while planets are mainly cool or cold.
What is a very large group of stars and planets that includes sun and solar system?
The Milky Way Galaxy
Does Mars orbit around the sun the opposite way of other planets?
No, Mars goes the same way as the other planets. From your favorite 6th grader:)
Do all planets have heavenly bodies?
oh yes, all the way, they are SO heavenly filled with bodies of the heavens, that even i cant stand the heavenliness! :0 Planets ARE heavenly bodies, as are stars. Some planets have satellites, and some don't.
How many stars in the milky way galaxy have earth like planets?
This is not known yet. Hundreds of planets have already been found outside our Solar System, but earthlike planets can, for the most part, not be observed with current technology.
Are all stars and planets are about the same age?
All of the planets are in the same atmosphere. All of the planets are unique. All of the planets are considered planets. All of the planets have moons. All of the planets are named after a mythical person or thing.
In what way do planets look different from stars?
Firstly, planets are way way smaller than the stars! That's because you can see stars in the night but never planets. Also stars produce nuclear energy in their core so they give thermal ( heat ) energy. Also stars have more gravity than planets.
The way planets and stars are different?
stars make their own light and planets get theirs from the sun!!!!!!!!!! hi!!!! :):>
Do you Think The way a planets moons form is similar to or different from the way the planets formed around the sun?
Obviously they formed in the same manner...Gravity is Gravity!
What is the milki way made out of?
hundreds of stars and planets
Why do planets appear larger then stars?
because they're way closer than the stars
Do the eight planets of our solar system create the Milky Way Galaxy?
No. The sun and the planets form the Solar System, which is just one infinitesimally small part of the Milky Way.
How are moons and planets alike?
Most but not all larger MOONS (bodies that orbit planets, moons, or asteroids) accreted in the same way that PLANETS did, assuming a variable density and a nearly spherical shape. Very large moons such as Titan have many of the characteristics of planets: vulcanism, atmospheres, and weather. Generally speaking, moons orbit planets in the same way that planets orbit stars.
Dwarf planets in the milky way?
No one knows. Astronomers are scanning the visible stars of our own Milky Way galaxy for planets orbiting faraway stars, but such planets would have to be nearly the size of Jupiter to be detected at such distances
With the Milky Way what is in the spiral galaxy?
stars, nebulas, and planets.
What planets besides Jupiter are in the Milky Way galaxy?
There are 8 planets in our own SOLAR SYSTEM, including Jupiter; according to current research, it seems that most of the stars in our Milky Way have their own planets. That means there are probably over a billion stars in our Milky Way; most of these stars have not been discovered yet.
Is there any other galaxy with stars and planets other than the milky way?
Yes, actually there are trillions of other galaxies with stars, and planets in the universe.
