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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Sun Rotating
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| March 12, 2014
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Posted on 03/12/2014 6:38:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: cripplecreek
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posted on
03/12/2014 8:28:53 PM PDT
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Jack Hydrazine
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To: Starstruck
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posted on
03/12/2014 9:50:52 PM PDT
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Chode
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To: cripplecreek
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posted on
03/12/2014 9:53:26 PM PDT
by
Chode
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To: Chode
Bodies in the solar system tend to rotate about an axis parallel to the sun’s axis, and in the same direction. Neptune is a big exception, and there is much theorizing as to why.
Of course, the general phenomenon is taken to be a result of the formation of the solar system from a rotating disk.
I don’t believe other nearby stellar systems are thought to share the rotational orientation of the Solar system. That’s an interesting question though.
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posted on
03/12/2014 9:57:55 PM PDT
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dr_lew
To: dr_lew
that was my thought if similarly formed systems behaved similarly in their rotation
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posted on
03/12/2014 10:03:04 PM PDT
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Chode
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To: Chode
When you look at “stellar nurseries” such as the famous Hubble Eagle Nebula shot, there seems to be quite a bit of turbulence, I guess you could call it, with swirls of various orientations. I don’t think the galactic rotation is imparted to these swirls in the same way the presumed proto-solar system imparted its rotation to the planets. This would be because the galactic scale is so huge, and the stars are imbedded in a thickness much greater than the size of a planetary system.
Just my own musings!
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posted on
03/12/2014 10:18:03 PM PDT
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dr_lew
To: SunkenCiv
I have the impulse to be a spelling/grammar Nazi, but don’t act on it because I’m sure I’ll screw up my own spelling/grammar whilst correcting others! So I suffer in silence. LOL
To: dr_lew
well put musings at that
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posted on
03/13/2014 2:57:44 PM PDT
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Chode
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To: cydcharisse
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posted on
03/13/2014 4:34:28 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: dr_lew; Chode
I think you mean Uranus is the exception — its axis of rotation is nearly in the ecliptic, while its system of moons is pretty much normal. Neptune’s basically normal but has a wild group of moons.
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03/13/2014 4:36:45 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/13/2014 4:58:10 PM PDT
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dr_lew
To: SunkenCiv
did you say... wild Moon???
oh, you said wild BUNCH of moons... nevermind
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03/13/2014 4:59:16 PM PDT
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Chode
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To: TigersEye
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posted on
03/13/2014 5:55:35 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
But I thought ya go during an eclipse!
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posted on
03/13/2014 5:58:41 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
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To: SunkenCiv
Not if you’re afraid of the dark! ;^P
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posted on
03/13/2014 6:05:00 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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