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The sun (and its system, including us) is moving in an orbit around the center of the Milky Way, and it is moving at the brisk rate of 486,000 miles per hour. It takes an unfathomable 226 million years for the sun (and its solar system) to make the full circuit around. The last time we were at this position was 226 million years ago, and dinosaurs ruled. The earth travels at 67,000 miles per hour in its orbit around the sun; a snail's pace compared to our galactic romp. See link.
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DevinBecause the sun is a giant ball of gases, all part of the sun don't rotate with the same speed .The inner part of the sun is rotating every 27 days,in mean time the Ecuador of the sun is rotating every 25 days, and some areas near the poles of the sun are making one complete rotation for 35 days.
Because the Sun is comprised of a gas it has different rotational speeds and therefore rotation times. [See related question]
At the equator the Sun is rotating at about 7,189 kph or 4,467 mph.
Being made of gas different parts of the sun (north to south) rotate at different speeds but the equatorial regions rotate once every 25.05 days.
As time and space are relative this question has many answers. The only real benchmark we have is the MBR (Microwave Background Radiation).
The speed of the Sun relative to Earth is negligible. (Mostly caused by the gravitational pull of Jupiter but also the pull of all the planets acting on both Earth and the Sun.)
The speed of the Sun relative to the Galactic Core is about 220 km/s.
The speed of the Galaxy (Sun) relative to the MBR is about 552 km/s.
The sun and the earth were formed about 4.6 billion years ago.The earth is revolving around the sun since then.It means the earth has completed about 4.6 revolutions of the sun.
similarly the sun is also revolving around a galaxy.But it has completed only 20 revolution till date.If we calculate ,we will find that the the sun revolves at the speed of almost 7 lakhs km/ hour.
In short the speed of the sun is 7 lakhs km per hour.
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A stream of electrically charged particles from the sun is called?
A stream of electrically charged particles from the sun is called solar wind.
What is the dramatic eruption on the sun that produces x-rays and hurls charged particles into space at nearly the speed of light?
Solar flares - which produce the solar 'wind'
Is solar wind faster than light?
No, solar wind is not faster than light. Solar wind is the flow of charged particles from the Sun that travels at speeds ranging from 300 to 800 km/s, while the speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 299,792 km/s.
When the Sun was young the solar wind?
When the Sun was young, the solar wind was stronger and more intense compared to what it is today. This was due to the Sun's higher rotation rate and more frequent solar flares and sunspot activity. As the Sun aged, the solar wind gradually weakened to its current levels.
Where does the solar wind blow from?
From the sun. It's not really a wind but a stream of charged particles emitted from the sun's upper atmosphere.
