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Differential rotation and the spot zones

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A minimum of angular velocity is not found at the equator as suggested by Gilman, but at a latitude of 6° in both hemispheres.

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Mitteilung aus dem Fraunhofer-Institut, No. 136.

On leave from Institute Universitario de Astrofisica, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.

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Deubner, FL., Vazquez, M. Differential rotation and the spot zones. Sol Phys 43, 87–90 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00155145

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