UNIVERSE
THE SUN
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Question
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Every 24 hours
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Faster at equator then at the poles
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Every 24 days
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At the same rate throughout.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Since the Sun is a ball of gas/plasma, it does not have to rotate rigidly like the solid planets and moons do. In fact, the Sun’s equatorial regions rotate faster (taking only about 24 days) than the polar regions (which rotate once in more than 30 days).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sun’s equator rotates more rapidly than its polar regions – once every 24 days at the equator and once every 35 days at the poles.
Detailed explanation-3: -Its spin has a tilt of 7.25 degrees with respect to the plane of the planets’ orbits. Since the Sun is not solid, different parts rotate at different rates. At the equator, the Sun spins around once about every 25 Earth days, but at its poles, the Sun rotates once on its axis every 36 Earth days.