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stars,metiorite and the sun emit light,comites do both. other than that the moon and the planets reflect light

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Q: What emits light and what reflects light?
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do moon reflects light or emits?

it reflects


If an object emits or reflects light?

It can be seen by the eye.


Does the earth emits light?

The Earth does not emit light, it like the moon reflects light


Does moon in the sky emits light?

No, it reflects the light from the sun onto the Earth.


Are you able to see an object when it emits or reflects one or more visible light frequencies?

Yes.


Why does the sun look brighter than the moon?

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What makes a star different from the moon?

a star emits its own light. the moon just reflects, it like the planets, it has no light of its own


Does Saturn emit or reflect light?

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Why do object appear white?

A white object emits light in all/most of the visible spectrum evenly.Because it reflects all the light back.


Why is the statement the color of an object depends on the wavelengths of light it absords inaccurate?

...because the colour of an object depends on the wavelength of light it reflects, or the wavelength of light it emits.


Why do we not see the phases of the sun?

Unlike the moon, which, which reflects sunlight, the sun emits its own light and it does so from all points of its surface.