Name: This Star Is Oblate
Uploaded: 2022-12-16T19:00:00+00:00
Duration: 14 s
Description: Stars that rotate fast enough are oblong rather than spherical. The centrifugal forces caused by the rotation speed push material toward the equator of these stars, bloating them into elongated shapes

3 years ago

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Stars that rotate fast enough are oblong rather than spherical. The centrifugal forces caused by the rotation speed push material toward the equator of these stars, bloating them into elongated shapes. Some stars rotate so fast that they even fling material off of themselves!

Graphics: SpaceEngine

Music: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Liszt

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