[HN Gopher] A second hexagon in the stratosphere of Saturn
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       A second hexagon in the stratosphere of Saturn
        
       Author : jdkee
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2021-09-10 20:41 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (mesonstars.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (mesonstars.com)
        
       | shoo wrote:
       | the most recent publication with "hexagon" in the title from the
       | quoted scientist, Leigh Fletcher, is:
       | 
       | R. Hueso, A. Sanchez-Lavega, J.F. Rojas, A.A. Simon, T. Barry, T.
       | del Rio-Gaztelurrutia, A. Antunano, K.M. Sayanagi, M. Delcroix,
       | L.N. Fletcher, E. Garcia-Melendo, S. Perez-Hoyos, J. Blalock, F.
       | Colas, J. M. Gomez-Forrellad, J.L. Gunnarson, D. Peach, M.H. Wong
       | (2019), Saturn atmospheric dynamics one year after Cassini: Long-
       | lived features and time variations in the drift of the Hexagon,
       | Icarus, Volume 336, 113429
       | 
       | https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.13849
        
       | jshprentz wrote:
       | Obligatory, current, and timely XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2513/
        
       | oersted wrote:
       | Bestagon :)
        
       | mLuby wrote:
       | The 6th planet from the sun sports a hexagon. Coincidence? Or
       | aLiEns?
        
       | rdist wrote:
       | dang it, now I have to move my secret base again
        
       | Blueskytech wrote:
       | While I am confident there is a rational scientific explanation
       | for the hexagon of Saturn, it is undoubtedly an incredible
       | synchronicity that the storm exists. Saturn being the sixth
       | planet from the sun it has historically been associated with the
       | hexagon within occult symbolism since well before humans could
       | have verified such a storm exists. Truly a remarkable find and
       | fact of our solar system.
        
         | ethbr0 wrote:
         | I'd say the locals went a bit overboard with their tourism
         | billboard, but I suppose 27,600 km across isn't too big
         | relative to the distance it might be seen at.
        
       | mjevans wrote:
       | Worthy of more study. Please vote to fund your country's space
       | programs.
        
       | leephillips wrote:
       | The stratospheric hexagon was observed in 2018:
       | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06017-3
       | 
       | But since this weird site doesn't put dates on its articles, who
       | knows how old this "Legit News" item is.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2021-09-10 23:00 UTC)