How Did Saturn's Hexagonal Polar Vortex form?!: Space is Weird
- Episode aired Feb 13, 2019
- 15m
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 ... Read allPlanetary 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 t... Read allPlanetary 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 th... Read all