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As weird as the Saturn hexagon is, I think the oddly symmetrical polar storms of Jupiter have it beat in terms of "gawp factor". Also the ridge on Iapetus is w
by elihu 5y ago
As weird as the Saturn hexagon is, I think the oddly symmetrical polar storms of Jupiter have it beat in terms of "gawp factor".
Also the ridge on Iapetus is worth an honorable mention if we're talking about things that don't look like they belong in nature.
What a strange place this solar system is.
- jkubicek 5y agoIapetus Ridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_ridge_on_Iapetus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_ridge_on_Iapetus Polar Storms of Jupiter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Jupiter#Circumpolar_cyclones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Jupiter#Circumpo...
- pvaldes 5y agoHum, I just realized that those polar storms would turn easily into the hexagon if they just lose power (or would be covered by another layer of material over it). Both are probably the same phenomenon. More strong in Jupiter, less in Saturn. Tornados would explain also why is a tall shape The hexagon should gyrate slower (with less energy) than the jupiter storms. Neptune should have also the same process but is colder I'm not wrong, so maybe it has less energy and is not so easily visible.
- pvaldes 5y agoYep, here is the Neptune hexagon... same pattern, same process https://slate.com/technology/2014/05/neptune-voyager-images-updated-for-portrait-of-the-eighth-planet.html https://slate.com/technology/2014/05/neptune-voyager-images-...
- bolasanibk 5y agoMore weirdness in our Solar System Mimas - A moon of Saturn which from certain angles looks like a death star. [1] Hyperion - Another moon of Saturn which looks like a sponge. [2] Phobos - A moon of Mars with a huge crater on one end.[3] [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimas_%28moon%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimas_%28moon%29 [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(moon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(moon) [3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_(moon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_(moon)
- eth0up 5y agoAnd a bit more... Phobos monolith https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_monolith https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_monolith Good ol Buzz, giving mention to the subject https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bDIXvpjnRws https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bDIXvpjnRws Also, Mars monolith https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_monolith https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_monolith Europa is another intriguing spaceball, with the (vague if you must) possibility of a life-supporting ocean. Edit: add mars monolith
- irrational 5y agoAlso, the co-orbital moons Of Saturn, Janus and Epimetheus. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(moon) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(moon) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-orbital_moon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-orbital_moon