Question

Explain why the planets do not twinkle?

Answer 1

Planets donot twinkle because they appear larger in size than the stars as theyare relatively closer to earth. Planets can be considered as acollection of a large number of point-size sources of light. Thedifferent parts of these planets produce either brighter or dimmereffect in such a way that the average of brighter and dimmer effectis zero. Hence, the twinkling effects of the planets are nullifiedand they do not twinkle.