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SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
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Why does the sun seem very big and bright while other stars look like pinpoints of light?
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Because the Sun is made of plasma and is very powerful
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Because the sun is a lot closer to the Earth
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Because the other stars are a lot smaller
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Because the center of the sun in millions of degrees hot.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The sun is a medium size star that appears larger and brighter than other stars because it is closer to us.
Detailed explanation-2: -Stars twinkle while planets don’t because stars are so much further away from Earth. This makes them appear as concentrated points of light, and that light is more easily disturbed by the effects of Earth’s atmosphere.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sun is also a star but it looks larger than other stars because other stars are millions of times farther away than sun. The largest known star in the universe know to us is UY Scuti whose radius is around 1700 times than that of our Sun.
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