2007-02-02 06:41:19 · 19 answers · asked by valkyrie_missile_uk 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The stars twinkle because tiny dust particles in the atmosphere absorb their light, the moon is too large for this effect to be noticeable.
try: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/twinkle/index.shtml
2007-02-02 06:50:16 · answer #1 · answered by sally s 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, the moon does twinkle -- of sorts. The stars appear to twinkle because their light that we see travels through the Earth's very dense and turbulent atmosphere. Twinkling of the moon is not so obvious because of its size. However, if you were to view the moon through a telescope, the effects of the Earth's atmosphere is readily apparent. The turbulent atmosphere will cause the magnified image of small details on the moon to waver and dance before your eyes. On very clear nights when the upper atmospere is calm, the stars won't twinkle at all.
2007-02-02 07:01:01 · answer #2 · answered by Scott B 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the gentle from the moon (which of direction is contemplated image voltaic) passes interior the direction of the comparable environment using fact the gentle from the celebs. So the moon does twinkle yet using fact the gentle from the moon is a good number of magnitudes brighter than the celebs the twinkle is impossible to confirm with the bare eye. yet take a glance by way of a telescope and you're able to be able to of course see the moon "flutter". it is via the comparable atmospheric effects that reasons the twinkle of the celebs.
2016-12-13 07:13:46 · answer #3 · answered by goslin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon doesn't give off it's own light. It only deflects sun light. Plus, all the stars are burning gases, the moon is a rock. The reason other stars twinkle is because your seeing the light they give off, the moon doesn't give off any light to twinkle.
2007-02-02 08:02:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the moon is a planet and only stars twinkle
2007-02-05 07:41:42 · answer #5 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stars dont twinkle actually like we think.Its the constant change in refractive index of the medium between the earth and the stars that produces twinkling effect in our eyes .If the star doesnt ,there is no question arises abt the moon .
2007-02-02 08:19:57 · answer #6 · answered by ⇐DâV£ MaΧiMiÅnO⇒ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it doesnt twinkle because it is close enough for us to see fully. If it was alot farther away though, we would not even see it twinkle because it is too small to reflect light from another star. At a certain point if it was farther away, it would twinkle but any farther than that we wouldn't be able to see it.
2007-02-02 08:32:14 · answer #7 · answered by El Hombre 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The moon and planets don't twinkle, not because we see them from reflected light but because they are not 'point sources' like the stars. Stars are so far away they look like points to us and we see them as only thin rays of light, which are easily distorted by our atmosphere. Light from the moon and planets reaches us as thicker beams which don't show atmospheric distortion unless they're very close to the horizon.
2007-02-02 07:00:29 · answer #8 · answered by hznfrst 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
stars are suns, the moon reflects light from the sun. stars twinkle because of gas in our atmosphere and the preceptive size of the light they generate. the moon is too big to twinkle in our perception and doesn't reflect enough light to be seen on other planets with the naked eye
2007-02-02 06:50:32 · answer #9 · answered by David M 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Moon is'nt a Sun (which stars are) so does'nt have a internal hydrogen and helium mass to produce Nuclear Fusion (the twinkle)....its just reflecting the light from the Sun
2007-02-02 06:49:04 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋