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Wednesday, 2007-03-28

Cassini images bizarre hexagon on Saturn

Filed under: Science — bblackmoor @ 14:03

Hexagon on SaturnAn odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of scientists with NASA’s Cassini mission.

NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft imaged the feature over two decades ago. The fact that it has appeared in Cassini images indicates that it is a long-lived feature. A second hexagon, significantly darker than the brighter historical feature, is also visible in the Cassini pictures. The spacecraft’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer is the first instrument to capture the entire hexagon feature in one image.

(from NASA, NASA – Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn)

Proof that the masters of Saturn are gamers.