[DOC] [TLE] Rotation of the Sun - Windows to the Universe [PAR] Aug 16, 2005 ... rotates on its axis. ... Because the Sun is not solid, but is instead a giant ball of 
gas and plasma, different parts of the Sun spin at different rates. ... The interior of 
the Sun does not spin the same way as does its surface. ... of the Sun, including 
the Sun's core and radiative zone, do rotate more like a solid body. [DOC] [TLE] Does the Sun Rotate? - Live Science [PAR] Jun 3, 2016 ... It takes 24 hours for the Earth to make a full rotation, but since the sun isn't a solid 
... "Since the sun is a ball of gas/plasma, it does not have to rotate rigidly like the 
solid ... and layers, with each of our host star's regions moving at varying speeds. 
On average, the sun rotates on its axis once every 27 days. [DOC] [TLE] Older Questions & Answers (#4) - Ask the Physicist! [PAR] If it's true, why? ... The momentum of an object is its mass times its velocity. ... 
After you fire, the bullet emerges with a speed Vbullet and the gun recoils in the 
.... The only way to find this out is to measure the acceleration while you vary the 
force .... Does it have anything to do with the fact the earth is traveling at 67,0000 
miles... [DOC] [TLE] earlier answer - Ask the Physicist! [PAR] You would likely fail because gravity would cause it to collapse under its own .... 
How fast do electrons stay in an unstable orbit before dropping to their basic orbit
? ... than the speed of light, but this doesn't violate relativity since it's the universe 
itself ..... For example, the earth is rotating on its axis with an angular velocity of 1
... [DOC] [TLE] The Sun - Universe Today [PAR] It accounts for more than 99.86% of the mass of the Solar System and it's ... 
Estimates of the Sun's temperature also vary the closer one gets to its core. ... 
rotate once on its axis; however, this is a rough estimate because the Sun is a 
ball of .... At the end of its main sequence phase, the Sun will not go supernova 
since it does... [DOC] [TLE] NASA's Cosmicopia -- Ask Us -- Sun [PAR] Jun 18, 2012 ... How Much Mass Does the Sun Consume? ... The Sun Still Has Most of Its Energy 
Left? ... How Much Power Does the Sun Produce? ... of roughly 28 times that of 
Earth, but values vary slightly due to estimates of the exact ..... 28 days (since the 
Sun isn't solid, different parts rotate at different speeds), so we... [DOC] [TLE] NASA's Cosmicopia -- Ask Us -- Earth and Moon [PAR] How does Earth's outer core reach the temperature of 5000 degrees and remain 
liquid, while ..... A planet reaches its fastest speed at perihelion, its closest 
location to the Sun. ... Will we be thrown off the Earth's surface, since Earth is 
spinning at ~1000 mph? .... It's Moon's gradient of its gravity that is causing 
Earth's tides. [DOC] [TLE] In fact, different parts of the sun will rotate - UCSB Science Line [PAR] Does the sun rotate? ... In fact, different parts of the sun will rotate at different 
speeds! ... like any other star in the universe, is made up of gaseous plasma (
really, really hot gas). ... The sun rotates around its axis in about 27 Earth days 
solarscience. ... because unlike the earth, the sun's rate of rotation varies across 
its surface. [DOC] [TLE] Planets of our Solar System :: The Planets Today [PAR] It takes about 88 Earth days to orbit the Sun but rotates on its axis once every 59 
... ice water does indeed exist in deep craters at the poles the interiors of which 
are ... Mercury's Orbit on 18th March 2011, the first man made object ever to do 
so. ... Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun and

Question: The sun does this on its axis; since it's a ball of gas, its parts do it at varying speeds
Answer: rotates