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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 appear to move through the background of stars because they orbit the Sun at different speeds. As the Earth and other planets move in their orbits, their positions relative to the background stars change, causing them to appear to move across the sky. This is known as planetary motion.
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.
How can planets be differenciated from stars in sky?
Planets move, may have a very very slight color tinge, and they twinkle more than stars. you gotta reeeally look close to see it with the naked eye.
How did the ancients distinguish between planets and stars in the night sky?
Ancients distinguished between planets and stars in the night sky by observing that planets move relative to the fixed background of stars, while stars maintain their positions.
Why can you see planets and stars on a night?
The reason you can see planets and stars at night is that their light is faint and the brightness of the sun obscures them during the day. At night, when the sun is not visible, the fainter light from the planets and stars can more readily be seen.
Why the stars move?
the stars don't move the earth rotates and that's why we think we see the stars move
How can an observer from earth distinguish planets from stars?
-- The planets you can see with your naked eye are generally brighter than a typical star. -- They also twinkle less than the stars do. -- Planets appear as small disks even in binoculars or small telescopes, but stars never do. -- From one night to the next, or certainly from one week to the next, the patterns formed by stars don't change, but planets move through those patterns.
Why do stars wobble?
Stars wobble due to the gravitational influence of the planets orbiting them. As planets orbit their stars, their gravitational pull causes the stars to move slightly in response. Scientists can detect this wobble in a star's position, which provides information about the planets orbiting it.
What can astronauts see in space?
Astronauts can see planets, stars, and species.
Why do planets move relative to the stars?
Gravitational pull. Have you heard of the "heliocentric theory"? This says that the sun is the center of our galaxy, the milky way. because of its mass, all the planets in this solar system orbit around it. our moon is in the earths pull and orbits it. the planets move with the earth. actually the stars do as well. ____________________ To clarify: You may hear people say things like "the fixed stars", or "against the back-drop of the fixed stars", or "the distant stars", or "the canopy of stars". These refer to the fact that the stars (not including planets and other objects) seem not to move relative to one another. This canopy of stars does appear to move relative to earth, because of our orbit and our axial rotation. But, for example, the stars of Orion always form the constellation of Orion, even though we may see it rise and set at different times, and it may not even be visible at night, depending on the time of year. On the other hand, the planets and many other objects are orbiting the sun, and they are not part of that huge display of very distant stars and galaxies. We can observe the orbital movement of the planets, and can easily see that their positions against the back-drop of stars change according to their positions in their orbits.
Why do planets move across the night sky but stars don't?
The planets are closer. (They all move - and differently.)
