Explain why the planets do not twinkle.

The planets do not show twinkling effect: As the planets are much closer to the earth, the amount of light received from them is much greater and the fluctuations caused in the amount of light due to atmospheric refraction are negligible as compared to the amount of light received from them.

Fig. Apparent star position due to atmospheric refraction

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