Saturn's hexagon and his accretion disk jets

In summary, The conversation discusses the possibility of a jet of substance arising from Saturn's depth and its relation to the existence of Saturn's rings and hexagon at its North Pole. The speaker believes in the second possibility and provides reasoning for it. However, the other person dismisses it as rubbish.
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Abel Cavaşi
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Hi! What do you know about Saturn's Nord Pole hexagon?

Is sure than the Saturn's hexagon is owed to nothing else but his convection. Then we ask ourselves what fact makes the convection from the Saturn's North Pole.

There are two possibilities:
1). the convection is due to a temperature gradient on the North Pole's surface.
2). the convection is due to a flux of substance which arises from Saturn's depth.

I believe in the second possibility: a jet of substance arises from Saturn's depth, along its axes of rotation!

The necessity for the existence of this jet is derived from the following facts:
- a rotating viscid mass can't allow to any of the jets making a straight movement that would try to cross it;
- on a rotating cylinder the geodesics is the helixes, and a fluid that tends to cross such a viscid mass will choose the shortest road between two points on the cylinder;
- the helix's torsion will depend on the angle made by the jet's speed with the mass's rotation;
- for ”jet” from Saturn's rings, as for the accretion jet, the torsion tends to zero;
- thence, the existence of Saturn's rings implies the existence of the accretion jet, too!

What do you think about this?
 
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Abel Cavaşi said:
What do you think about this?
in a word, Rubbish
 

1. What is Saturn's hexagon?

Saturn's hexagon is a mysterious six-sided jet stream pattern that appears on the planet's north pole. It was first discovered by the Voyager spacecraft in the 1980s and has been studied extensively by scientists ever since.

2. How was Saturn's hexagon formed?

The exact mechanism behind the formation of Saturn's hexagon is still unknown. Some theories suggest that it is caused by a standing wave in the planet's atmosphere, while others propose that it is a result of interactions between the atmosphere and Saturn's magnetic field.

3. What is the size of Saturn's hexagon?

The hexagon spans about 25,000 kilometers in diameter and is estimated to be about 100 kilometers thick. It is much larger than any other known hexagonal weather pattern in the solar system.

4. What are accretion disk jets?

Accretion disk jets are powerful streams of gas and particles that are ejected from the accretion disk surrounding a massive object, such as a black hole or a young star. In Saturn's case, the accretion disk jets are believed to be responsible for shaping and maintaining the hexagon.

5. How are scientists studying Saturn's hexagon and accretion disk jets?

Scientists use a variety of tools and techniques to study Saturn's hexagon and accretion disk jets, including telescopes, spacecraft, and computer simulations. They also study similar phenomena in other planets and objects in order to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms behind these features.

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