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If we watch the night sky daily, we will notice that the sky is studded with bluish silver twinkling dots. They are Stars, several light years away. The star look static, hardly moving across the sky. But you can see planets moving across the sky. Planets move on complicated path with respect to the background stars, faster than the speed of the Earth, and sometimes, they even reverse their directions. Every planets moves with different speed on its orbit around the Sun. Thus, the planets position from the Earth changes with time.
A stark difference between the stars and the planets is the stars twinkle and planets do not. We all know that the Sun is a star. The reason why it does not twinkle, and appears larger than other stars, is because of its close proximity to Earth.
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How many differences are there between a star and planet?
a star is a dying planet and a planet is a living star
Is Neptune a star or a planet?
Neptune is a planet.
What is the name of the evening or mornig star?
The object called at various times, the Morning Star and the Evening Star is the planet Venus.
Which planet can be called star that never was?
The planet Venus has at times been called the Morning Star or the Evening Star, although it is not a star.
What does a planet orbit?
A planet orbits a star.
How do you get on higher levels on Movie Star Planet?
How you do it is by looking ugly
How can you differentiate a star and planet at night?
Star flashes, planets don't. Stars are smaller than the largest and nearest planets of the solar system, like Venus and Mars.
How can you differentiate a star from a planet in the sky with your naked eye?
The planets appear as steady points of light while the stars tend to twinkle.
How can you distinguish between a planet and a star just by looking at them carefully?
Planets do not twinkle.
Differentiate the planet and the sun?
cold and very hot....
How many differences are there between a star and planet?
a star is a dying planet and a planet is a living star
Can you see any planet with your naked eye?
Yea. You can see the light reflecting off a planet and they look like stars. You can tell the diff. by if the 'star' you are looking at twinkles then it is probably a planet.
What planet is also a yellow star?
No planet is a star.
Which planet is called the north star?
The north star is a star, not a planet. It is called Polaris. The planet Venus is called the Evening Star
Can a star be a planet?
No - a star is a star and a planet is a planet. See related questions.
How they are alike star and planet?
A star and a planet, both have cores.
Is every planet a star?
A star is a completely different thing from a planet. In other words no star is a planet.
