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Science 14 April 1967:
Vol. 156. no. 3772, pp. 236 - 237
DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3772.236
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Rapid Rotation of the Solar Interior

Armin J. Deutsch 1

1 Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, Carnegie Institution of Washington, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91106

A model proposed for the sun apparently can account for the maintenance of photospheric rotation against deceleration by the solar wind. The rotational period is about half a day near the top of the radiative mass, and 1.6 times shorter at the center.


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