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**Title:** Mysterious Hexagons on Jupiter and Saturn
**Key Findings:**
1. **Jupiter's Hexagon:** A recent discovery by the Juno spacecraft revealed a hexagonal formation of 7 atmospheric vortices at Jupiter's South Pole, with the largest being comparable to the size of the United States.
2. **Saturn's Hexagon:** A stable, long-lasting hexagonal storm pattern at Saturn's North Pole, with a massive scale (25,000 km across), extremely high wind speeds (up to 160 m/s), and a unique, volcano-like formation.
**Implications and Interesting Facts:**
* If such hexagons were to appear on Earth, they would create extreme, life-threatening conditions.
* Hexagons are a common, efficient shape in nature (e.g., soap bubbles, bee honeycombs, arthropod eyes).
* The underlying causes for the hexagonal shapes of Jupiter's and Saturn's weather patterns are not yet fully understood, with Jupiter's possibly related to an asymmetric gravitational field.
**Status:** Scientists continue to study these phenomena, with more discoveries and explanations awaited in the future.
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**Jupiter's Hexagon**
1. A giant storm, the Great Red Spot, was discovered on Jupiter by Giovanni Cassini in 1665.
2. A recent discovery found a hexagonal arrangement of 7 vortices at Jupiter's South Pole.
3. The largest vortex is comparable in size to the United States (excluding Alaska).
4. The smallest vortex is slightly larger than Texas.
5. Initially, 6 vortices were observed, forming a pentagon, before a 7th joined, creating a hexagon.
**Saturn's Hexagon**
6. A hexagonal shape was discovered at Saturn's North Pole, but it's a continuous, integral figure.
7. Saturn's hexagon is approximately 25,000 km (15,534 miles) across.
8. Each side of Saturn's hexagon has a wall rising 100 km (62 miles) into the atmosphere.
9. Saturn's hexagon has existed for several hundred years, with only its color changing due to the planet's seasons.
**Comparisons and Science**
10. The wind speed inside each Jupiter vortex is approximately 362 km/h (225 mph).
11. This is faster than the strongest recorded hurricane on Earth, Camille (1969).
12. Scientists from Oxford recreated hexagonal vortices in a laboratory using a rotating container of water.
13. The hexagonal shape is common in nature, appearing in soap foam, arthropod eyes, and honeycombs.
14. Bees use hexagons in honeycombs due to their efficiency, requiring minimal materials.
**Astronomical Context**
15. A year on Saturn lasts approximately 29 Earth years.
16. Jupiter is a rapidly rotating planet, but its gravitational field is asymmetric, potentially explaining the hexagon phenomenon.