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- DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION
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- Different parts of gaseous celestial bodies may rotate at different speeds around the axis of the body. For example the
- equators of the Sun and of Jupiter rotate faster than their polar regions.
- In regard to galaxies differential rotation can be seen from the fact that stars and other material lying near the centre of
- gravity move faster around the centre than distant stars.
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