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Did you know that the suns rotational speed at its equator is slightly slower than the speed of sound.
Dusting off some of them old skool physics books. |
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Did you know that the suns rotational speed at its equator is slightly slower than the speed of sound. Dusting off some of them old skool physics books. how does anyone know? |
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don't quote me on this....going from dusty memory....think they use sun spots as a reference point...so whatever distance it is around the equator, however many days it takes the sunspot to rotate around...do some nerd math then there ya go
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Did you know that the suns rotational speed at its equator is slightly slower than the speed of sound. Dusting off some of them old skool physics books. how does anyone know? God told us? (LOL) Solar physics is a very well known science. We have probes and satellites that measure more than I am willing to list. The thing about old school physics books is that the data in them is often wrong now. You are correct about the rotational speeds but now science knows why it is so. For such an inquiring mind here is a website called School of Champions that delves into many different subjects http://www.school-for-champions.com/sfc/feedback_blog.cfm#.WSNMZty1thE The link goes to a blog with questions from real people on a wide range of subjects. Subjects in website
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Characteristics of our Sun
http://www.school-for-champions.com/astronomy/sun.htm#.WSNNNNy1thE The Sun rotates on its axis, which is approximately the same axis that most of the planets revolved around the Sun. Since the Sun is primarily very hot gas, the surface at the equator rotates once every 25.4 days. The rotation near the poles is around 36 days. Also the surface swirls in high and low pressure areas, similar to those that occur on Earth.
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This is giving me a headache.
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I know this is an old post, but I'm curious. Are you saying that the poles of the sun rotate at a faster speed than the speed of its equator? You do point out that the sun is gaseous, not solid. Does this mean that the equator of the sun has a retrograde motion with respect to the poles?
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I know this is an old post, but I'm curious. Are you saying that the poles of the sun rotate at a faster speed than the speed of its equator? You do point out that the sun is gaseous, not solid. Does this mean that the equator of the sun has a retrograde motion with respect to the poles?
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I know this is an old post, but I'm curious. Are you saying that the poles of the sun rotate at a faster speed than the speed of its equator? You do point out that the sun is gaseous, not solid. Does this mean that the equator of the sun has a retrograde motion with respect to the poles? no... the sun is fluid, where the Earth is solid... |
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