How did Saturn's Hexagonal Polar Vortex form?! | Space is Weird
There is a weird hexagon-shaped storm at Saturn's north pole. Discovered back in 1981 in Voyager images, it's been raging ever since then, but only recently have we been able to explain its shape and recreate the same process in a lab!.
Let me know in the comments what your favourite planet is and why. See if you can convince me that Saturn isn't the best 😉
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Видео How did Saturn's Hexagonal Polar Vortex form?! | Space is Weird канала Dr. Becky
Let me know in the comments what your favourite planet is and why. See if you can convince me that Saturn isn't the best 😉
This is the second in my new Space is Weird playlist. Check out the rest of the playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd19WvC9yqUe6yYMRlRTYUQsH1wVHTy8T
Also if you liked that you'll also like my playlist on some as yet Unsolved Mysteries in Physics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd19WvC9yqUd5G-BZdpUs892Z3mTHozQU
My necklace is from here: https://lamenagerie.co/all-necklaces/
My sister made the frame in the background as a present when I passed my PhD. She does commissions: https://megansmethurstdesign.wordpress.com/work/
Please subscribe if you haven't already and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video!
I also present videos on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols
and Deep Sky Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos
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Dr. Becky Smethurst is a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church at the University of Oxford.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drbecky_
http://drbecky.uk.com
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