Hexagon on Saturn: NASA Investigates

[ukmicky]

SATURN

What could be the cause of this hexagon feature on saturn

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/cassini/pia09188-browse.jpg

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia09187.html

 

[Cane_Toad]

I've seen this same sort of pattern in a fluid dynamics experiment, though I can't remember the details. When jets where applied at the circum. of a vat, the vortex formed was in various shapes, one like a hexagon. It had something to do with standing waves maybe.

You might cross post this to general physics or engineering.

P.s. You can use the "Edit" feature to modify your weirdness level instead of posting more messages :-)