A star seems to twinkle if you're on Earth, but if you were on the Moon would it still twinkle?

Question

1. twinkle more
2. twinkle the same
3. twinkle less or none

and why?

thanks =)

Answer 1

It wouldn't twinkle.

The twinkle comes from air current in the atmosphere.

Answer 2

Stars do not twinkle at all. It is a common misconception. It would not seem to twinkle (3) on the Moon. Stars "twinkle" because the light is being defracted and messed around with as it enters Earth's atmosphere.

Answer 3

it won't twinkle

first the twinkiling of the stars is caused by the turbulence of our atmosphere--when the radiant energy from stars passes through the different layers of the atmosphere. so when viewed from earth, the stars seem to twinkle, but the truth is, this twinkling is just caused by the disruption of the radiant energy from the stars as it approaches the earth. if you were on the moon, stars won't twinkle because the moon doesn't have any atmosphere that would disrupt the flow of radiant energy...

Answer 4

I don't think so, because the reason it twinkles is the atmosphere.

"The Earth's atmosphere, however, is clumpy, so that different air pockets produce different images of a single point-like star. Because the atmosphere is always windy and changing, the number and position of images is always changing, with the result that stars appear to twinkle. "

Hope that helps ^^;

Answer 5

3. It would not twinkle at all. "Twinkling" is caused by atmospheric interference to light waves. Since there is no atmopshere on the moon, there is no interference. Therefore, no twinkling.

Answer 6

no i don't think so ,they just appear to be twinkling,due to the light of the sun,they don't have their own light so how can thy twinkle

Answer 7

If you look at a star that would take you 50 years to reach traveling 186,000 miles per second, it wouldn't look any different after you traveled 240,000 miles to the moon.

Answer 8

With no atmosphere they would be amazingly bright and steady.