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What planet is the brightest after the sun and moon?
Venus is the brightest thing in the sky, after the Sun and Moon.
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.
Why the brightest object in the night sky if it does not make its own light?
The moon is the closest heavenly body to the earth and because of its relatively high albedo it reflects a lot of the light falling on it hence it is the brightest object in the night sky. Similar reasons also apply to Venus, which is also a very bright object.
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.
From earth is the moon the brightest object in the sky?
No. The Sun is
Is the moon an illuminated object?
The Moon is illuminated by the Sun. At full moon, we see the bright part - the illuminated part. At new moon, we see mostly the dark part. (This part is also slightly visible, due to light reflected from the Earth.)
- 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...
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.
Is the moon or the sun brighter?
Clearly the sun is the brightest object in the sky.
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.
What is the brightest thing in the night sky?
Blue-white stars are the hottest and brightest stars; Sirius A (and its white dwarf companion Sirius B) is the brightest star in Earth's night sky.
What is the second brightest object after the sun?
Jupiter is the second brightest in the world after the sun
Is Jupiter the 4th brightest object in the sky?
No, Jupiter is typically the 4th brightest object in the sky after the Sun, Moon, and Venus. It can vary in brightness depending on its position in its orbit and its alignment with Earth.
