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Obviously. Since they move in an ellipse around the Earth (or other central body), they change direction all the time. The only way NOT to change direction would be to move in a straight line; satellites don't do that.
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How are planets distinguished from stars on the celestial?
planets appear to move
Do the stars appear to move across the sky at nightime?
It is not definite that the objects that you saw is satellites, but there is a high percentage that they are. There are TV satellites and others as well. Not every single one of them are from one country though. I saw a ton of them last night and I was overjoyed to see such wonder. I thought they were planets or maybe comets but comets are much faster than the ones you saw and planets don't really move that fast ether. So the chance of them being satellites have increased even more! Hope I've answered your question. Check out other websites to confirm.
Why do planets move across the night sky but stars don't?
The planets are closer. (They all move - and differently.)
It is now known that the celestial objects which appear to move backwards among the stars are?
Planets
Why is it easier to see the planets motion and not the stars?
stars DONT move. if they did our SUN would move. IT DOESNT DOES IT??? no. the planets move. sometimes it seems like the sun moves but its the earth orbiting the sun. THE SUN IS A STAR! so its possible that somewhere in the NEVER-ENDING space, there could be OTHER planets orbiting another SUN. and on one of those PLANETS there could be LIFE. so earth could possibly be only one of the MANY planets with LIFE. ........possibly........ Distance. Stars are too far away for you to see them move. They are all orbiting around the galactic core but what you see is the light they gave off years ago (eg--a star 1,000 light years away, the light will get here 1,000 years later). Download a good star chart and move the time line back or forward then you will see the stars move.
Objects that orbit the sun?
Planets, exoplanets, asteroids. They're all sattelites of the sun.
What are smaller bodies that move around the planets are called?
They are called satellites
How are planets distinguished from stars on the celestial?
planets appear to move
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
Do the stars appear to move across the sky at nightime?
It is not definite that the objects that you saw is satellites, but there is a high percentage that they are. There are TV satellites and others as well. Not every single one of them are from one country though. I saw a ton of them last night and I was overjoyed to see such wonder. I thought they were planets or maybe comets but comets are much faster than the ones you saw and planets don't really move that fast ether. So the chance of them being satellites have increased even more! Hope I've answered your question. Check out other websites to confirm.
Why do planets move across the night sky but stars don't?
The planets are closer. (They all move - and differently.)
What appears to move backwards among the stars?
Planets do that, during part of their orbit.
Why do planets wander?
The ancient Greeks called planets 'wanderers' because they appear to move through ther skies in relation to the 'fixed' stars. The apparent movement is because the planets are much closer to the Earth than the stars, and all planets rotate around the Sun, thus all move in relation to each other.
It is now known that the celestial objects which appear to move backwards among the stars are?
Planets
Why do planets change their position with respect to stars?
Because the Earth and all the planets move in orbits round the Sun, while the stars appear to be fixed if we disregard the Earth's daily rotation.
How do planets move in relation to stars?
They mostly appear to move from east to west but there are epicycles during wich they appear to move from west to east.
