Saturn’s Southern Decagon: When Weather Makes Geometry
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Saturn’s famous northern hexagon has a fascinating southern counterpart: a ten-sided atmospheric wave. We explore the observations behind the southern decagon, how waves in a jet stream can create polygonal patterns, and what this unusual structure may reveal about the ringed planet’s changing atmosphere. It’s a journey into the fluid dynamics of a giant world—and the surprising geometry that moving air can produce.
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