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Saturn's southern pole may hide a ten-sided storm
Original: Saturn’s Southern Decagon The Voyager flybys in the early 1980s revealed a mysterious hexagon at Saturn‘s northern pole.
Researchers report signs of a decagon-shaped atmospheric feature at Saturn's southern pole, decades after Voyager spacecraft revealed the famous hexagon at the planet's north. Saturn's axial tilt kept the southern feature hidden from view, and searches for a matching polygon there had failed until now, drawing fresh attention to the planet's strange polar weather.
Why now: New evidence suggests a long-sought southern counterpart to Saturn's iconic hexagon has finally been spotted.
Evidence
- Saturn’s Southern Decagon The Voyager flybys in the early 1980s revealed a mysterious hexagon at Saturn‘s northern pole. For decades, researchers searched for a similar polygon at the southern pole, with no luck. But that appears to be changing . Saturn’s axial tilt hid its… · admin@fyfluiddynamics.com · 2
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