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Originally Posted by Meteora
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Originally Posted by AGN Fuel
The equator rotates faster than higher latitudes.
Tough to do if the sun is a solid....
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But weren't they saying (or at least implying) that the Sun's atmosphere was capable of rotating in a differential manner, and that the atmosphere hides the view of the surface? Or did I miss something? |
You are right - my apologies. I read the article late last night and missed that at first glance. #-o
(It's still nuts though...helioseismology has provided a pretty good model of the solar interior. I imagine there would be serious issues with heat transfer, magnetic field generation & spectral analysis with this hypothesis.)
Edited to note: One would have to be concerned that such a radical shift in our understanding based on analysis of 14 Gigabytes of data is presented to the public via a website rather than as what would surely become a seminal paper in a peer reviewed journal...