I believe that the hexagonal shape of the clouds shown for Saturn is due to free convection effects from a heated surface to a colder surface. This is a well-known heat transfer effect that has a large literature on the phenomena.
David G.T. Curran
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- Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Saturns Hexagon Comes to Light (2009 Dec 14)
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