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Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker Feature Summary

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Featured Tracker Packages
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Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker
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The Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker Lab uses the Tracker video analysis tool to measure and analyze the motion of sunspots to determine the solar rotation rate.  This lab uses 31 still images taken 1 day apart of the Sun.  Images taken by the SDO satellite.
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