• Differential rotation is seen when different parts of a rotating object move with different angular velocities (or rates of rotation) at different latitudes...
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  • periods. The source of this differential rotation is an area of current research in solar astronomy. The rate of surface rotation is observed to be the fastest...
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  • infinitesimal rotation matrix or differential rotation matrix is a matrix representing an infinitely small rotation. While a rotation matrix is an orthogonal...
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    rotation of a star produces an equatorial bulge due to centrifugal force. As stars are not solid bodies, they can also undergo differential rotation....
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    A differential is a gear train with three drive shafts that has the property that the rotational speed of one shaft is the average of the speeds of the...
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    surface. In 1981, David Gubbins of Leeds University predicted that a differential rotation of the inner and outer core could generate a large toroidal magnetic...
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    avoiding tire scuffing. An open (or unlocked) differential always provides the same torque (rotational force) to each of the two wheels on that axle....
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    Neptune (redirect from Rotation of Neptune)
    undergoes differential rotation. The wide equatorial zone rotates with a period of about 18 hours, which is slower than the 16.1-hour rotation of the planet's...
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    Sun (section Rotation)
    poles. This differential rotation is caused by convective motion due to heat transport and the Coriolis force due to the Sun's rotation. In a frame of...
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  • In linear algebra, a rotation matrix is a transformation matrix that is used to perform a rotation in Euclidean space. For example, using the convention...
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    differential rotation. Typically, the stated rotation period for a giant planet (such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) is its internal rotation period...
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    infinitesimal rotation matrix. An infinitesimal rotation matrix or differential rotation matrix is a matrix representing an infinitely small rotation. While...
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    then generates a dipolar magnetic field. As the star undergoes differential rotation—rotating at different rates for various latitudes—the magnetism...
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    radiative interior and the differentially rotating outer convective zone. This causes the region to have a very large shear as the rotation rate changes very rapidly...
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  • by the rotation angles. An infinitesimal rotation matrix or differential rotation matrix is a matrix representing an infinitely small rotation. While...
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    In biochemistry and cell biology, differential centrifugation (also known as differential velocity centrifugation) is a common procedure used to separate...
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    Jupiter is not a solid body, its upper atmosphere undergoes differential rotation. The rotation of Jupiter's polar atmosphere is about five minutes longer...
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  • on a tuple Bitwise rotation, a mathematical operator on bit patterns Curl (mathematics), a vector operator Differential rotation, objects rotating at...
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    differentially steered robot is similar to the differential gears used in automobiles in that both the wheels can have different rates of rotations,...
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    Saturn (redirect from Rotation of Saturn)
    Polygonal shapes have been replicated in the laboratory through differential rotation of fluids. HST imaging of the south polar region indicates the presence...
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  • Three-dimensional rotation operator Rot (operator) aka Curl, a differential operator in mathematics Rotation operator (quantum mechanics) This disambiguation page...
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  • aurorae; and whose 1863 records of sunspot observations revealed the differential rotation of the Sun. Carrington was born at Chelsea, the second son of Richard...
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  • similar to spots on the Sun. For large spots the sizes depend on the differential rotation of the star, but there are some indications that large spots which...
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    less than the time required for one revolution of the galaxy. The differential rotation of this region allows it to stretch into a short arc. Given that...
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  • {B}}} is the magnetic field vector. If the fluid is in a state of differential rotation about a fixed origin, this Lorentz force can be surprisingly disruptive...
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    high-rpm rotation), while the contacting wheel will remain stationary with respect to the ground. The torque transmitted by an open differential will always...
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  • a list of dynamical system and differential equation topics, by Wikipedia page. See also list of partial differential equation topics, list of equations...
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  • is a self-sustaining dynamo that converts convective motion and differential rotation within the Sun to electric-magnetic energy. Currently, the geometry...
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    but an internal toroidal quadrupolar field, generated through differential rotation within the tachocline, is near its maximum strength. At this point...
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    field is continually wound up due to the faster rotation of mass at the Sun's equator (differential rotation), sunspot activity is more pronounced at solar...
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