Earth and Space
The bulging star
Stories from Physics
for 11-14
14-16
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.
References
The bulging star
K. R.Lang, The Life and Death of Stars, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2013, p. 156
