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Peace Patriot

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15. Vast difference in size between HUGE Saturn and the tiny experiment materials...

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 05:12 PM

Dec 2013

...as well as a vast difference in the materials themselves. Does the experiment really account for how this phenomenon can be produced on such a huge scale, and with different materials, in space? I'd hesitate to say that the experiment is definitive. It's certainly interesting, though. It's the first news that I've seen about anybody coming up with a plausible explanation for this. Thanks for posting!

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NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Obtains Best Views of Saturn Hexagon [View all] Eugene Dec 2013 OP

K&R JohnnyRingo Dec 2013 #1

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2013 #2

Ahhhhh.... science! AlbertCat Dec 2013 #3

Wow! 2naSalit Dec 2013 #4

But WHY is it shaped like a hexagon? tclambert Dec 2013 #5

If you can answer that, then I suggest you write it up for your doctoral dissertation in astronomy Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 #7

Atmospheric Carbon makes it a bucky ribo planet, 6-5-6, not a diamond planet, DhhD Dec 2013 #23

Here's an article that talks about that. trotsky Dec 2013 #8

Cool. Thank you! CrispyQ Dec 2013 #12

Uh oh... Previous threads on this have resulted in long running "discussions" Thor_MN Dec 2013 #13

Vast difference in size between HUGE Saturn and the tiny experiment materials... Peace Patriot Dec 2013 #15

Given that the same fluid behavior has been observed in hurricanes, trotsky Dec 2013 #16

Nature LOVES six sided things.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #20

That is cool. Thanks for posting! riqster Dec 2013 #6

It's a stargate. Every interesting solar system has one. hunter Dec 2013 #9

What an incredible picture nt BlueToTheBone Dec 2013 #10

Does that take a Torx T-2000000000 ? nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2013 #11

Nicely done!!! Thor_MN Dec 2013 #14

I think I wrenched my funny-bone laughing at that one. tclambert Dec 2013 #17

It Torxed me off awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #19

Cool!!! burrowowl Dec 2013 #18

Is Saturn totally gaseous throughout? raging moderate Dec 2013 #21

I Don't Know About Saturn, On the Road Dec 2013 #22

I'm betting on Bavarian Cream. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2013 #24