Earth and Space

The bulging star

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Vega is the fifth brightest star in the sky. Its radius is nearly three times that of the Sun, but because it is spinning over a hundred times faster at 2.7 x 10 5 m/s, it has a distinct equatorial bulge.

 

 

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The bulging star

K. R.Lang, The Life and Death of Stars, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2013, p. 156

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Some students think that it is cold in the winter because the Sun is on the other side of the Earth at that time

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Some students look at their observations of the world and decide that the Sun is closer to the Earth than the Moon is

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Some students think that planetary orbits are circular or very elliptical

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