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It has been suggested that if the solar Interior rotates rapidly, the resultant oblateness may noticeably affect the precession of the perihelion of Mercury. It is now argued that such effects would be reduced by the action of the boundary layer between the convective envelope and the interior of the Sun. The boundary layer suction causes a slow internal motion which stretches vortex lines and spins down the solar interior.
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HOWARD, L., MOORE, D. & SPIEGEL, E. Solar Spin-down Problem. Nature 214, 1297–1299 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141297a0
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