Final answer:
The tangential speed of a sunspot located 6.955 x 10⁵ km from the center of the sun cannot be determined without the Sun's rotational period. For context, the wind speed at the outer edge of Jupiter's Great Red Spot is approximately 437.5 km/h, given its circumference and rotational period.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student has asked about the tangential speed of a sunspot that is at a distance of 6.955 x 10⁵ km from the center of the sun. To find this, one would typically use the formula for tangential speed, which is the circumference of the circle divided by the rotational period. However, the question does not provide the rotational period of the Sun, which is necessary to calculate the tangential speed. Thus, without the period or rotational velocity, we cannot calculate the tangential speed of the sunspot.
For comparison, in the example provided regarding Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the circumference is calculated using the formula 2πR. For a radius of 10,000 km, the circumference is 2π(10,000 km) = 63,000 km. Given that the Great Red Spot completes a rotation in 6 days (or 144 hours), the wind speed at its outer edge would be 63,000 km / 144 hours ≈ 437.5 km/h.