Solar rotation

Solar rotation is the rotation of the Sun about its own axis. The Sun is not a solid body, but is composed of a gaseous plasma, and different latitudes rotate with different periods. The solar rotation period is 25.67 days at the equator and increases with increasing latitude, reaching 33.40 days at 75 degrees of latitude. The source of this differential rotation is an area of current research in solar astronomy.

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