Technique · Time-Domain & Seismology

Helioseismology

Reading the Sun's interior from the oscillations that ripple across its surface, as seismologists read the Earth from earthquakes. Helioseismology has mapped the Sun's internal rotation and the depth of its convection zone.

Time-Domain & SeismologyMeasures: The interior of the Sun

The Sun

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Associated withDifferential Rotation

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Helioseismology

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