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What is the brightest object in space but its not the moon or sun?
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∙ 13y ago
i think it might be the stars but im not sure
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∙ 13y ago
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What emits light in the night sky?
The Moon. After the Moon, Venus, when she is visible. Right now (October 2010), Venus is hard to observe, or can't be observed at all; the brightest object in the night sky right now is Jupiter.
What planet is the brightest after the sun and moon?
Venus is the brightest thing in the sky, after the Sun and Moon.
What is the brightest object in the sky after the sun?
Quite often, that would be the clouds. If you mean objects outside of Earth's atmosphere, the answer is the Moon.
What is the brightest thing in the solar system besides the sun and moon?
There is only one star in the solar system, and that is Sol, our sun. All planets that form our solar system orbit around Sol -- there are no other stars in our solar system. The next closest star/solar system is Alpha Centuri, about 4.3 light years away.
Galileo s discovery of the satellites of Jupiter was important because it indicated that?
It indicated that Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky (after the Sun, the Moon and Venus).
Is the moon an illuminated object?
Yes!!! It is illuminated by the Sun. In fact all the planets, including Earth, are illuminated by the Sun. We see these plane the reflection of Sunlight from them . None of them give off light on their own account.
From earth is the moon the brightest object in the sky?
No. The Sun is
Is the moon or the sun brighter?
Clearly the sun is the brightest object in the sky.
- It is the brightest object in the sky except for the Sun and the moon?
Venus
From the earth the moon is the brightest object in the sky?
We would say that the moon is the secondbrightest, after the sun.
After the sun moon and Venus what is the next brightest object in the night sky?
Jupiter.
What is the brightest object in the sky apart from th sun and moon?
The brightest OBJECTS in the sky, after the Sun, are the Moon, followed by planets Venus, Jupiter, and Mars (on rare occasions, Mars is brighter then Jupiter), followed by the star Sirius.The brightest stars proper are Sirius, followed by Canopus, Toliman, Arcturus, Vega...
What emits light in the night sky?
The Moon. After the Moon, Venus, when she is visible. Right now (October 2010), Venus is hard to observe, or can't be observed at all; the brightest object in the night sky right now is Jupiter.
Which planet is considered the brigthest heavenly body aside from the sun and moon?
Venus is the third brightest object in the sky after the sun and moon, and the brightest planet, but only at certain times when it is at the right position in its orbit relative to the earth and sun.
What is the second brightest object in the night sky?
Clouds would be second. Beyond earth's atmosphere the moon would be the brightest object in the sky, now followed by the International Space Station. Venus has been displaced from 3rd to 4th place. None of these objects shine with their own light, but from reflected light of our sun.
What is the second brightest object after the sun?
Jupiter is the second brightest in the world after the sun
What is the brightest planet in the sky after the sun and the moon?
The sun and the moon are not planets. The sun is a star and the moon is a natural satellite. The brightest planet in Earth's sky is Venus.
