Q. The Sun rotates about it’s own axis approximately

A
Once every 60 minutes
B
Once every 24 hours
C
Once every 365 days
D
Varied with solar latitude
Solution:

The sun certainly does rotate – it has a rotational period of about 25 days. This is apparent if you have ever used a telescope to project images of the sun onto a piece of white card so that you can see the sunspots. If you do this over several days, the sunspots appear to move across the face of the sun. Not only does the sun rotate, but it also orbits the centre of our galaxy, completing one orbit every 226 million years or so.

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