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Why do the planets look so small from Earth?
because the further you get away from earth it to gets smaller .... and its the same concept from earth.... the farther you are from the planets the smaller they appear.
What planets are in the inner planets?
The planets within the asteroid belt, usually rocky planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Which planets temperatures range at negative 13 and 37 degrees?
All the planets have temperatures that cover a larger range than that. The Earth goes from about -70 to about +55 degrees C.
What planets if any will appear to pass directly in front of the Sun from your earth based perspective which planets if any will never transit the sun?
Mercury and Venus are the only planets that can transit the Sun, from where I am.
How many days will the sun pass through the zenith in a full year?
If you are located anywhere on earth that's more than 23.5 degrees from the equator, then the sun can never appear at your zenith. If you're anywhere within 23.5 degrees of the equator, then the sun will appear at your zenith, or very close to it, twice each year.
What planets appear fifty degrees from the sun as viewed from earth?
All planets except Mercury can appear 50 degrees from the Sun.
Which planets stay within about 45 degrees from the Sun as seen from Earth?
Venus and Mercury
How many planets in the Earth?
The earth is a planet, it has no known planets within.
Are the planets on a straight line?
This may appear so from a Solar System perspective. The degrees of inclination range from 3.38 degrees for Mercury to Earth (which has the largest) with 7.55 degrees of inclination from the Sun's equator.
Why do the planets appear shiny from space?
Other planets appear shiny from Earth for the same reason the moon does, we see the other planets' reflected sunlight.
Why do the planets look so small from Earth?
because the further you get away from earth it to gets smaller .... and its the same concept from earth.... the farther you are from the planets the smaller they appear.
What planets are in the inner planets?
The planets within the asteroid belt, usually rocky planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Why do the planets appear to move through the constellations instead of with the constellations as Earth rotates?
Because the planets are closer to the earth than the star that make the constellations are. They are also orbiting the sun along with the earth.
Which planets temperatures range at negative 13 and 37 degrees?
All the planets have temperatures that cover a larger range than that. The Earth goes from about -70 to about +55 degrees C.
What is the region of the sky where the moon and planets appear?
The Moon, Sun and planets all appear in a strip of sky called the ecliptic. It is a plane defined by the plane of the Earth's orbit and the Sun is always on the ecliptic, while the Moon and planets stay close to it.
Why do planets change their position with respect to stars?
Because the Earth and all the planets move in orbits round the Sun, while the stars appear to be fixed if we disregard the Earth's daily rotation.
Which planets are the rocky planets?
These are also known as the four inner planets or terrestrial planets. These are mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
