Saturn's Hexagon in Motion - Science@NASA
WEBOne of the most curious and captivating features on Saturn – an enormous spinning hexagon in the clouds at its north pole – has fascinated scientists and the public alike since our first glimpse of it in the 1980s.
In Full View: Saturn’s Streaming Hexagon (black and white) - Science@NASA
WEBDec 4, 2013 · This movie shows a view from directly over the north pole, keeping up with the rotation of the planet so that all the motion seen on the screen is the motion of the hexagonal jet stream or the storms inside of it, without any added motion from the spinning of the planet itself.
Saturn's Strange Hexagon - NASA
WEBMar 23, 2008 · This nighttime view of Saturn's north pole by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard Cassini clearly shows a bizarre six-sided hexagon encircling the entire north pole, in one of the first clear images taken of the north polar region ever acquired from a unique polar perspective.
In Full View: Saturn's Streaming Hexagon | NASA Jet Propulsion ...
WEBDec 4, 2013 · This colorful view from NASA's Cassini mission, known as 'the hexagon,' is the highest-resolution view of the unique six-sided jet stream at Saturn's north pole.
Saturn's Hexagon in Motion - NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBThis colorful view from NASA's Cassini mission is the highest-resolution view of the unique six-sided jet stream at Saturn's north pole known as "the hexagon."
NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Obtains Best Views of Saturn Hexagon
WEBDec 4, 2013 · NASA's Cassini spacecraft has obtained the highest-resolution movie yet of a unique six-sided jet stream, known as the hexagon, around Saturn's north pole.
Saturn's Unique Hexagon in Full View - NASA Jet Propulsion …
WEBDec 6, 2013 · New views from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the unique six-sided jet stream around Saturn's north pole known as "the hexagon."
Saturn's hexagon - Wikipedia
WEBSaturn's hexagon is a persistent approximately hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of the planet Saturn, located at about 78°N. [1][2][3] The sides of the hexagon are about 14,500 km (9,000 mi) long, [4][5][6][7] which is about 2,000 km (1,200 mi) longer than the diameter of Earth. [8] .
Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon Emerges From Winter Darkness
WEBDec 8, 2009 · After waiting years for the sun to illuminate Saturn’s north pole again, cameras aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have captured the most detailed images yet of the intriguing hexagon shape crowning the planet.
In Full View: Saturn’s Streaming Hexagon - NASA
WEBDec 4, 2013 · This colorful view from NASA’s Cassini mission is the highest-resolution view of the unique six-sided jet stream at Saturn’s north pole known as “the hexagon.”