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Why stars seen to twinkle?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

That`s because of small disturbances in the earths atmosphere. Planets don`t twinkle because their light is stronger, whereas the light of stars is weak enough to have their light slightly bent by the moving atmosphere.

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