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Ahh, thanks for that. Should have realized that the sun doesn't have a "fixed" surface. It seems that the center, however, has a rotational frequency of about 4
by throwaway000002 10y ago
Ahh, thanks for that. Should have realized that the sun doesn't have a "fixed" surface. It seems that the center, however, has a rotational frequency of about 432nHz which results in a rotation period of 26.8 days.
All of these numbers are way faster than I imagined, which means that the length of the "solar year" is still incredibly long in "solar days".
- cyphar 10y agoStar core rotation is actually very interesting physics (it affects oscillations in the star in some very fun ways).