2006-09-17 00:41:06 · 11 answers · asked by tanya 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
stars do not twinkle, the light bends while it goes through the earths atmosphere, because the atmostphere is full of dust particles and l atmosphere turbulences, it causes the light from the stars to appear to twinkle. The moon doesn't do this because it appears so much larger in the sky
2006-09-17 00:52:27 · answer #1 · answered by Patches 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stars do NOT blink. they are a constant source of light. the moon reflects light from the sun.
why stars are perceived as blinking is because they are a very much further distance from Earth, and there is interference in between the Earth and these stars. thus, sometimes the light from the stars are blocked out, so they are perceived as to be "blinking".
the moon is so much closer to the earth. so it appears much larger and any interference in between the moon and the earth will not cause complete blockage of the moon. so there is no "blinking".
2006-09-17 01:04:49 · answer #2 · answered by statistics 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only light sources that appear to us as a point source blink because of atmospheric turbulence.
Light sources that appear larger, like the moon, venus, mars, saturn and jupiter, do not blink.
Watching the blinking of stars is a way to distinguish planets from stars.
2006-09-17 00:49:30 · answer #3 · answered by mitch_online_nl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stars appear to blink or twinkle due to atmospheric turbulence. As the light enters the atmosphere, the light is distorted and it appears to twinkle as for the moon, the amount of light that comes from the moon is dispersed in the atmosphere differently.
2006-09-17 00:50:39 · answer #4 · answered by gnatlord 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stars twinkle because of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. You can think as the atmosphere being made up of several "layers." Each layer has a different temperature and density. As the light from a star passes through the atmosphere, it is bent by each layer, and we perceive the twinkling but for the moon im not quite sure.Sry!
2006-09-17 02:34:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light from stars reach earth after travelling many light years. During this journey of light some rays gets refracted and travels in different direction. So when we see the light from star it appears as blinking due to the missing of refracted rays from it. Moon is nearby and we see the reflected light from sun and the edges seen sharp without missing any light rays from it.
2006-09-17 01:04:38 · answer #6 · answered by Sree 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stars don't blink. Your view of them just gets blocked and unblocked by wind at different levels in the atmosphere. You don't notice in with the moon because it looks bigger.
2006-09-17 03:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by Dan C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stars are alot father away. so they just appear to us as they are blinking. most stars in fact are bigger than the moon.
2006-09-17 00:45:01 · answer #8 · answered by jim b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stars do not blink. The distance is so great that the intervening medium gives this impression.
2006-09-17 00:44:13 · answer #9 · answered by Ishan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is because of the lumens and the condition of the atmosphere... Lumens is the unit used to tell the concentration of light like grams for weight...
The moon doesn't blink because its lumen is too high for the clouds ( those found higher than the stratosphere ) to block the light and create a blinking effect...
2006-09-17 01:18:10 · answer #10 · answered by paoloudarbe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋