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12 Dis 2012 · See the highest-resolution view of the hexagon, a six-sided jet stream at Saturn's north pole, and its surrounding storms in color filters. Learn how the Cassini mission captured this movie and what it reveals about the atmosphere of Saturn.
Saturn's hexagon is a persistent approximately hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of the planet Saturn, located at about 78°N. [1] [2] [3] The sides of the hexagon are about 14,500 km (9,000 mi) long, [4] [5] [6] [7] which is about 2,000 km (1,200 mi) longer than the diameter of Earth. [8] .
16 Dis 2004 · See a rare storm on Saturn that looks like an arrowhead near the equator in this Hubble Space Telescope image. Learn how the storm is caused by warmer air upwellings and how it moves relative to the prevailing winds.
Saturn's hexagonal polar jet stream is the most prominent feature of almost every view of the north polar region of Saturn. The area, in shadow for the first part of the Cassini mission, welcomed the sunlight of a seven-year spring starting August 2009, allowing Cassini scientists to directly image the region in reflected light.
5 Okt 2020 · Harvard researchers develop a 3-D model that could explain the formation of a massive hexagon-shaped hurricane on Saturn
13 Ogo 2023 · A brief history of visible Saturn storms. Like Jupiter’s Red Spot, Saturn megastorms are similar to earthly hurricanes. But they’re much larger and more powerful. Researchers have said that...
5 Okt 2020 · A 3D simulation suggests that the six-sided vortex at Saturn's north pole is caused by deep convection and interaction of atmospheric flows. The study reveals how the storm is formed, why it is persistent, and how it differs from other storms on Earth and Saturn.
