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Last Post 10/4/2006 6:34 AM by Terry Kucera

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10/3/2006 4:42 AM
How fast does the sun turn in a week.

Terry Kucera

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10/4/2006 6:34 AM
Hi. The sun is not solid, so different parts of it rotate at different speeds. At the equator it takes about 25 days to go all the way around. At the poles it takes about 35 days. So the exact answer to your question varies depending on where on the sun you are looking. Roughly, however, the sun turns about a quarter of the way around in a week. You can track the sun's rotation yourself at this website: http://solar-center.stanf...in-sun/spin-sun.html cheers, Terry