solar motion Comparison Table

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solar motion comparison table

Subject has amplitude has definition has synonym is a kind of has period

Evershed effect The radial motion outward (from the central umbra) of the gases in the penumbral regions of sunspots. solar motion

five-minute oscillations Vertical oscillations of the solar atmosphere with a well-defined period of 5 minutes. periodic motion harmonic motion

solar rotation Differential rotation, the equatorial rotation taking less time than the polar by up to 9.4 Earth-days. differential rotation

Sporer's law of zones The equatorward drift of average sunspot latitudes. solar motion

Subject	has amplitude	has definition	has synonym	is a kind of	has period
Evershed effect		The radial motion outward (from the central umbra) of the gases in the penumbral regions of sunspots.		solar motion
five-minute oscillations		Vertical oscillations of the solar atmosphere with a well-defined period of 5 minutes.	periodic motion	harmonic motion
solar rotation		Differential rotation, the equatorial rotation taking less time than the polar by up to 9.4 Earth-days.		differential rotation
Sporer's law of zones		The equatorward drift of average sunspot latitudes.		solar motion

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