Are stars planets?

Answer 1

no.

they are what you'd call, 'suns.'

Answer 2

No, stars are stars.
Planets are basically big lumps of rock. Planets like Earth have water, and organic carbon, and other funky stuff, but the essence is still just a huge rock.
Stars are big burning things. They produce light and heat through nuclear reactions.
When you look up in the sky and see a planet, it looks just like a bright star. This is because it's too far away to make out any detail, so you just see reflected light from the sun. You can see stars much further away because they are producing the light rather than just reflecting it.

Answer 3

No, planets are not stars. Stars are atually suns. Our own sun is a star. Stars are large masses of gaseous elements that have ignited. This produces light and the heat. The main difference between a star and a planet: planets are not on fire. Therefore, although Jupiter is a large gasseous mass, because it does not burn, it is a planet.

Answer 4

By definition, Stars are typically suns or the like.

I'm not sure that the reflection of light on far distant planets from these distant suns would be enough for us to see it even as a blinking or twinkling light.

Now, to play the other side...if you are looking at a night sky and counting all of the lights as stars, then yes, a few are planets.

Venus can be seen, as can Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune, typically with the naked eye if you know where to look. Sometimes these 'stars' are the brightest sky objects.

Love as always,

Sebastian

Answer 5

No, thats like asking if our sun is a planet. Planets are made of dark matter, they do not give of light. A planet can reflect light, much like our own planet. Scientists have now been searching more for dark matter objects in space to see how many of our close neighbor stars have solar systems of there own. Planets are very hard to spot in space tho becuz they dont give off light. You have to spot them when they are very close to the sun they revolve around, then you can see there shape within the light of the sun itself.

Answer 6

No, stars are suns. The brighter planets in our solar system look like stars to the unaided eye. Planets around other stars are invisible even in our most powerful telescopes.

Answer 7

are stars planets no, our sun is a star and they are extremely hot, and there are different stars out there, blue stars which are the biggest, red stars, yellow stars, and green stars. They have no surface but only a core they have incredible energy.

Answer 8

are planets stars?

Answer 9

Yes, in the sense that stars orbit around black hole or around massive mass in the center of gravity of a galaxy.

Answer 10

nope, but some planets may be failed suns.
ie: Jupiter

Answer 11

not necessarily, some are planets and some are suns.