I was just thinking about it. And why wouldn't it?
2006-06-16 01:31:56 · 11 answers · asked by bigsmiles 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes the sun does rotate. From memory the rotation period is about 25 days at the equator (longer near the poles). Scientists have tracked the rotation of the sun by observing the movements of sunspots.
The Solar system was formed from a rotating cloud of gas, and all the bodies that formed in this cloud continued rotating. This is also why they all revolve in the same direction, and mostly in the same plane.
2006-06-16 01:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by agentofchaos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While the Sun does not rotate as a solid body (the rotational period is 25 days at the equator and about 35 days at the poles), it takes approximately 28 days to complete one full rotation
2006-06-16 01:38:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
While the Sun does not rotate as a solid body (the rotational period is 25 days at the equator and about 35 days at the poles), it takes approximately 28 days to complete one full rotation
2006-06-16 01:37:41 · answer #3 · answered by Klaus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun does rotate on an axis, in fact, because the sun is not a solid mass there are parts of it that rotate faster than others!
2006-06-16 01:35:10 · answer #4 · answered by The Wandering Blade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, by watching sunspots and other visible detail on the Sun's surface. It rotates once every 25.4 to 36 days. It is slower at the poles because the Sun is not solid and different latitudes "slip" with respect to the equator.
2006-06-16 01:38:28 · answer #5 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, the sun does rotate on it's axis and we know this because the light emitted from one side of the sun is slighted red-shifted and the light from the other slightly blue-shifted meaning that one side is moving away and the other getting closer, so it is rotating.
2006-06-22 13:53:04 · answer #6 · answered by cosmologist dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is a stand still. The earth evolves around the sun and the moon evolves around the earth.
2006-06-16 01:37:05 · answer #7 · answered by svanotte 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it does. the people who say it doesn't don't know what they are talking about. In fact the sun's axis has a detectable wobble because every planet's mass has a limited effect on the sun. this is how we detect other planets around other suns.
2006-06-22 18:44:15 · answer #8 · answered by iamhermansen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See for yourself: http://science.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/solar/images/sunturn.gif
2006-06-16 05:34:31 · answer #9 · answered by C&T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my thinking is this no body knows the thruth
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2006-06-16 01:36:38 · answer #10 · answered by ayaz_khan_321 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋