An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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rotating star
  ستاره‌ی ِ چرخان، ~ چرخنده  
setâre-ye carxân, ~ carxandé
Fr.: étoile en rotation  

A star that has a non-zero → angular velocity. In a rotating star, the → centrifugal forces reduce the → effective gravity according to the latitude and also introduce deviations from sphericity. In a rotating star, the equations of stellar structure need to be modified. The usual spherical coordinates must be replaced by new coordinates characterizing the → equipotentials.
See also → von Zeipel theorem.

See also: → rotating; → star.