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How Did Saturn's Hexagonal Polar Vortex form?!: Space is Weird
TV Episode | 15 min | Documentary, News
Planetary polar storms are the norm rather than exception. Earth has one over Antarctica. Saturn has two but the storm at the north pole is strangely shaped like a regular hexagon. The best thinking is that it is a standing wave caused by ...See morePlanetary polar storms are the norm rather than exception. Earth has one over Antarctica. Saturn has two but the storm at the north pole is strangely shaped like a regular hexagon. The best thinking is that it is a standing wave caused by differing wind speeds on either side of the hexagon. The gradient is perfect to create a hexagon. The same effect was created in the laboratory along with a number of other regular polygons depending on the size of the gradient. Written by David Foss See less
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