Sentences with phrase «wider along its equator»

On January 10, 2006, astronomers using the infrared Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array announced that Vega rotates so fast (at around 91 percent of its «break - up rate») that it is cooler as well as 23 percent wider along its equator than at its poles due to the gravitational effect of its «middle bulge» (NOAO press release; AAS 207 session summary); and Aufdenberg et al, 2006).

The circulation cells are large — about 10,000 kilometers wide along the equator — and occur intraseasonally, roughly every 30 to 70 days.