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Do stars spin

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12y ago
Updated: 6/28/2024

Stars don't spin, but they do move. While the Earth is rotating and revolving at the same time, the stars appear to move clockwise (from the northern hemisphere's point of view) and appear to move diagonally. On top of this, the stars are pure energy, which makes them move back and forth across the night sky. This makes the stars very confusing when monitoring them. so, in short, the stars themselves do not spin, but they do move.
Stars do rotate around their axis's, but much slower that planets. The sun for examplerotatesaround it's axis once every 26 days at it's equator. The sunactuallyrotates slower at is poles, taking 34 days to rotate once.

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