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Old 24-01-2007, 04:08 PM
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Re: What's above the moon?

my understanding is that because stars as so distant, they provide a single ray of light which is easily distorted by the atmosphere (air of different temperatures). Planets on the other hand are much closer and so appear much brighter. They emit multiple rays of light and although each individual ray is distorted by the atmosphere the overall, average, effect is not distorted. So the light seems constant.

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