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So... do astronomers truly have no idea why the 9 polar cyclones don't combine? I can't imagine what mechanism might prevent this.
by Double_Cast 9y ago
So... do astronomers truly have no idea why the 9 polar cyclones don't combine? I can't imagine what mechanism might prevent this.
- crygin 9y agoIt's a relatively common phenomenon in hydrodynamics (specifically, the formation of large separated cyclones in unstable flow), and the best explanation is delightful -- Onsager's "The Little Vortices Who Wanted To Play" (a letter to Linus Pauling, reproduced on page 33 of this PDF: http://bactra.org/sloth/eyink-and-sreenivasan-on-onsager-on-turbulence.pdf http://bactra.org/sloth/eyink-and-sreenivasan-on-onsager-on-... ).
- Elv13 9y agochaos theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJAs9Qr359o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJAs9Qr359o
- JesseObrien 9y agoThere's an interesting video I've seen before showing it being recreated in a lab. I do not, however, know the origin or reasoning behind why it happens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_c9A9Auf0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_c9A9Auf0A