Sentences with phrase «slow rotation»

After the sun formed, the solar wind likely slowed the rotation of the outer part of the sun, he said.

These spots, taken by (assistant) professors, have very slow rotation.

Overall, slowing the rotation produces a rocky planet with rain and possibly habitable conditions on more of the surface of the planet.

The system instantly reduces engine torque and / or applies the brake at the slipping wheel, slowing the rotation of the wheel until grip is restored.

Yet despite this very slow rotation, the temperature varies quite little between day and night sides.

Until recently, it was assumed that a thick atmosphere like that of modern Venus was required for the planet to have today's slow rotation rate.

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Their results showed that the basin may have formed after Pluto slowed its rotation, migrating only slightly to its present location.

Golden State (41 - 31) shot 47.8 percent from the field and 43.5 percent from the three - point line to exploit the Lakers» slow rotations on defense.

Although CO2 concentrations may have had some effect by raising the planet's temperature, Venus» slow rotation period still had a larger impact.

With scorching temperatures and a mind - numbingly slow rotation (one Venus day lasts 243 Earth days), Venus was already a contender for weirdest planet in the solar system.

By ridding the disks of angular momentum, the winds solve two problems: They not only power the jets but also slow the rotation of gas in the disk enough to let it make the final hop onto the star.

Slow rotation requires that both the Rossby deformation radius and the Rhines length exceed planetary radius, which occurs for planets with rotation rate > 20 days.

It involves slow rotation of your neck.

In this scenario the basin formed and migrated to its present location after Pluto slowed its rotation.

Venus lacks a moon and has a very slow rotation.

The sun's layers slow the escape of photons of sunlight, and when they finally stream away they return the favour by slowing the rotation of its outer layer

Prince attacked an open lane to the hoop on the left baseline, but a slow rotation by Thunder forward Nick Collison ended with a hard foul and fall by Prince on what was ruled a flagrant.

(Slow rotation would increase the torque and require heavier and more expensive drivetrain components.)

11 To keep this time in sync with Earth's slowing rotation, a «leap second» must be added every few years, most recently this past New Year's Eve.

The slow rotation regime is characterized by a mean zonal circulation that spans from the day to night side.

The slow rotation rate is probably attributable to the braking action of magnetic fields that thread through the core and its envelope.

Venus has no magnetic field, perhaps because of its slow rotation.

This slow rotation could actually help foster cloud development.

The terrestrial planets are composed primarily of rock and metal and have relatively high densities, slow rotation, solid surfaces, no rings and few satellites.

While the Sun does not rotate as a solid body (the rotational period is 25 days at the equator and about 35 days at the poles), it takes approximately 28 days to complete one full rotation; the centrifugal effect of this slow rotation is 18 million times weaker than the surface gravity at the Sun's equator.

However when turning, the spider gear can rotate on its own axis — a process that turns one side gear quicker while it slows the rotation of the other side gear.

Ken Okiishi's spinning coinage (above) was included in the first show, and its slow rotation echoed the works inside this new version.

Swiping up from the bottom will reveal the recent apps menu, similar to what we see on the Gear S; however, thanks to the ring, a slow rotation to the right will show one app at a time, while rotating it faster will show three apps at the same time.