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    He spotted something big and red on this jovial planet, and now a namesake craft has spotted a mysterious polygon on another planet’s pole. Which planet?

    Question #106645. Asked by edmund80. (Jun 27 09 12:18 AM)


    looney_tunes

    		Saturn has a mysterious hexagonal shape in the clouds above its North Pole, as reported by the Cassini probe.

    http://www.astroengine.com/?p=2106

    Along with Robert Hooke, Giovanni Cassini is given credit for the discovery of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter (ca. 1665).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini

    Jun 27 09, 12:57 AM
    edmund80

    		Yes. Below are two additional sites that show the bizarre hexagon on Saturn, including one in motion.

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070328-saturn-hexagon.html
    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/cassini-20070327.html


    Jun 28 09, 4:34 PM

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