The earth is a planet. Stars are huge balls of hot gas that emit their own light . Stars burn hydrogen in their cores and have nuclear fusion going on inside.
A planet does not have nuclear fusion. A planet is a world like the Earth. Unlike stars, planets get their light from the Sun.
Source: The above information is a direct excerpt from "The Fact Train"
No. Earth is a planet. The planet Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun. The nearest star to the Sun is called Proxima Centauri.
The Sun
The sun is the closest star to our planet.that is why it looks so big.
Earth is a planet. A star would be much more immense and powerful; for example, the sun.
The star that a planet travels around is called its parent star or host star. The parent star provides the gravitational force that keeps the planet in orbit around it. Similarly, our planet Earth orbits around the star we call the Sun.
...star. Earth is a planet, the Sun is a star.
My planet is Earth. Earth's closest star is the Sun.
The star closest to Earth is the sun. The phrase "... largest to planet Earth ... " is meaningless.
No. Mars is a planet, not a star. The closest star to Earth is the sun.
Earth isn't a star... It is a terrestrial planet.
Neither. Earth is a planet; the sun is a star.
a planet
No. Earth is a planet. The planet Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun. The nearest star to the Sun is called Proxima Centauri.
The sun is a "star" The earth is a "planet"
no. it is a planet not a star the sun is a star
Earth is heated by the sun, which is a star.
No. There is no such thing as an "earth-like star" as Earth is a planet, not a star. Sirius A is a star that is larger and brighter than the sun.