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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.
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How are stars moon and planets alike?
You can see all of them in the sky at night.
Do any of the stars you can see have planets around them?
Yes. To date scientists have discovered well over a thousand planets orbiting other stars. It is believe that a large portion of the stars in the night sky have planets.
What objects do you see in the night time sky?
the moon, stars, planets, sometimes shooting stars and yea that's about it
Why onions start growing in vegetable box?
why astronomers can see stars and planets at night
In what way do planets look different from stars?
Firstly, planets are way way smaller than the stars! That's because you can see stars in the night but never planets. Also stars produce nuclear energy in their core so they give thermal ( heat ) energy. Also stars have more gravity than planets.
Is all the planets stars?
No, planets are not stars. Stars are huge balls of burning gas, planets are not. At certain times, there are 5 planets that are visible with the naked eye in the night sky. Some of these are similar to stars but much closer. They are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. See the related link for more information.
What is visible at night from the earth?
the stars and some of our planets
Are the stars you see at night in your solar system?
No. All the stars at night that are actually stars are well beyond the solar system. Five "stars" that you sometimes see are actually planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The only actual star in our solar system is the sun.
What is the difference between planets and stars in the night sky?
Stars give off light whereas planets reflect light.
You see the planets and stars moving from the east to the west?
Yes, and the Sun too. Go out one night and marvel at the majesty of the heavens.
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 the planets change position at night?
Day and night, the planets constantly orbit the sun. This makes the planetary positions appear to change each night with respect to the background stars from the perspective of earth. So the positions do not change only at night, it is just at night we can see the positions have changed a little bit more.
