Might this be unexpectedly important for Life? (Spherical Sun)

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ML1 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 7137 Credit: 3,684,919 RAC: 956	Message 1286287 - Posted: 21 Sep 2012, 15:39:23 UTC - in response to Message 1286284. Last modified: 21 Sep 2012, 15:41:50 UTC
	Thanks Tullio: Including the differential rotation, three more clues there... There's also the question of why so slow a rotation?... Another clue? ;-) Keep searchin', Martin ____________ Mandriva Linux A user friendly OS! See new freedom Mageia2 The Future is what We make IT (GPLv3)
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 2905 Credit: 259,140 RAC: 300	Message 1286321 - Posted: 21 Sep 2012, 16:48:21 UTC - in response to Message 1286287.
	The relative slowness of the Sun's rotation is put in relationship with its mass in the first chapter of "Cosmogony of the solar system" by Fred Hoyle. It the Sun had a bigger mass it could rotate faster, otherwise it would disintegrate. This is what I gathered from reading the chapter. Tullio ____________
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