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Human Eye and Colourful World — Science STD 10 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceHuman Eye and Colourful World3 Marks
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Explain why the planets do not twinkle.
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Answer

Planets being close to earth appear larger in size. A planet can be Considered as a collection of large number of small sized objects. Twinkling effect Of these objects cancel each other. so, planets do not appear to twinkle.

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