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Does the sun rotate every 27 days?
Different parts of the Sun rotate at different speeds, which is how we know that the Sun isn't a solid. The equatorial regions of the Sun rotate in about 27 days, but the polar regions take a little longer; about 33 days.
Why do astronomers say the sun rotates every 27 to 31 days rather than give an exact number?
The sun is not a solid object and different parts of it rotate at different speeds.
How is the rotation of the earth different from the rotation of the sun?
Unlike Earth and other solid objects, the entire Sun doesn't rotate at the same rate of gas and plasma, different parts of the Sun spin at different rates.
How is the rotation of the Sun different from the rotation of the Earth-?
Unlike Earth and other solid objects, the entire Sun doesn't rotate at the same rate of gas and plasma, different parts of the Sun spin at different rates.
List of how long it takes planets to rotate?
Mercury: 58.64 days Venus: -243.02 days Earth: 1 day Mars: 1.03 days Jupiter: 0.41 days Saturn: 0.43 days Uranus: -0.72 days Neptune: 0.67 days Negative means the planet spins in the direction opposite of Earth Earth has a rotational period of one day by definition Note that because the gas giants have no surface, different parts rotate and different speeds. The listed speed is the average.
How much do the sun rotate?
Because the Sun is not solid, different parts rotate at different speeds. Near the equator of the Sun, it rotates once in about 26 days, while the polar regions rotate in about 33 days.
Does the sun rotate every 27 days?
Different parts of the Sun rotate at different speeds, which is how we know that the Sun isn't a solid. The equatorial regions of the Sun rotate in about 27 days, but the polar regions take a little longer; about 33 days.
Why do astronomers say the sun rotates every 27 to 31 days rather than give an exact number?
The sun is not a solid object and different parts of it rotate at different speeds.
What evidence do we have to prove that their are layers inside the earth?
We know based on the timing and paths taken by seismic waves that such waves travel through different parts of the Earth at different speeds.
How is the rotation of the earth different from the rotation of the sun?
Unlike Earth and other solid objects, the entire Sun doesn't rotate at the same rate of gas and plasma, different parts of the Sun spin at different rates.
How is the rotation of the Sun different from the rotation of the Earth-?
Unlike Earth and other solid objects, the entire Sun doesn't rotate at the same rate of gas and plasma, different parts of the Sun spin at different rates.
List of how long it takes planets to rotate?
Mercury: 58.64 days Venus: -243.02 days Earth: 1 day Mars: 1.03 days Jupiter: 0.41 days Saturn: 0.43 days Uranus: -0.72 days Neptune: 0.67 days Negative means the planet spins in the direction opposite of Earth Earth has a rotational period of one day by definition Note that because the gas giants have no surface, different parts rotate and different speeds. The listed speed is the average.
What is the time taken for the planet Jupiter to rotate on its axis once?
Jupiter is not known to have a solid surface to rotate. Its equivalent of a "jet stream" makes one full revolution in 9.925 hours, which is moving along right fast.
Why does the Earth spin around the sun slower the farther North you go up and the tropical year is longer?
-- If different parts of the Earth revolved around the sun at different speeds, then the Earth would have to come apart in pieces. They don't, and it doesn't. -- The tropical year is the same duration everywhere on Earth.
Eddie is wondering which parts of the sun-earth-moon system rotate.what should you tell Eddie?
The Sun, Earth, and Moon rotate.
What is the rotation's name where bands move at different speeds?
We call it differential rotation when parts of a body move at different speeds. This is true of the gas giants, and of the sun, too.
Differences in the moon's pull on different parts of Earth cause what?
When the moon pulls on different parts of the Earth it causes tides
