Rich County Reaper | 1929-07-26 | Page 2 | Variation Noticed in Sun's Rotation Period

variation noticed in suns rotation period the sun Is as fickle in most of its characteristics as well supply your own mn simile it ling lias been found however that this inconsistency Is probably a per periodic lodle function so that the sun run will vary from maximum to minimum in its behavior over a used fixed pe flod of years for example dr charles st john of f the mount wilson observatory in california has discovered that the period of fo rotation tation of the sun has been increasing the sun in other words 1 Is slowing down in 1876 the equatorial speed of the suns rotation was kilometers per second in 1915 it was and by 1928 1028 the sun had slowed down to kilometers per second it Is believed however ho weier that this decrease will not be constant and that beginning in 1929 the sun will gradually pick up tip speed again until it reaches a maximum period of rotation within the next few years