UNIVERSE
THE SUN
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Question
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All parts of the Sun rotate together.
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The Sun rotates faster at its equator than at its pole.
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The Sun rotates slower at its equator than at its pole.
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The Sun does not rotate at all.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Yes, the Sun does spin, or rotate. Because it is a gas, it does not rotate like a solid. The Sun actually spins faster at its equator than at its poles. The Sun rotates once every 24 days at its equator, but only once every 35 near its poles.
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: -Using sunspots to measure rotation The rotation constants have been measured by measuring the motion of various features ("tracers") on the solar surface. The first and most widely used tracers are sunspots.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Sun actually spins faster at its equator than at its poles. At the surface, the area around the equator rotates once about every 24 days. The Sun’s north and south poles rotate more slowly. It can take those areas more than 30 days to complete one rotation.