Differential Rotation

TikTok · 01-26-2012, 08:02 AM

As we know, the sun rotates fastest at its equator than at the poles and creates magnetic distortions causing sun spots and etc. I was wondering what earth would look like if it had the same differential rotation speeds as the sun. However I cannot find how to do this. Any help?

Dan Dixon · 01-27-2012, 12:27 PM

There's currently no support for single objects with differential rotation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_rotation

Interesting idea though... probably not in v3 either, but it could be an interesting feature for a future version. We'll keep it in mind.

01-26-2012, 08:02 AM	#1
TikTok Join Date: Jun 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 13	Differential Rotation As we know, the sun rotates fastest at its equator than at the poles and creates magnetic distortions causing sun spots and etc. I was wondering what earth would look like if it had the same differential rotation speeds as the sun. However I cannot find how to do this. Any help?

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01-27-2012, 12:27 PM	#2
Dan Dixon Universe Sandbox Join Date: May 2011 Reputation: 59 Posts: 226	There's currently no support for single objects with differential rotation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_rotation Interesting idea though... probably not in v3 either, but it could be an interesting feature for a future version. We'll keep it in mind.