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Stars twinkle and planets do not twinkle. Justify.

The stars are very far away from the earth and appear as dots or points. The point position of the stars vibrate due to disturbances by air currents and hence they appear to twinkle. Since the planets are much nearer and their discs position does not appear to vibrate due to air currents etc. in the atmosphere and hence planets do not twinkle.

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