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A hex on Saturn

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Apr 3, 2007 9:46 PMNov 5, 2019 6:54 AM

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So by now you've seen the hexagon on Saturn's north pole. This kind of news always seems to come out when I'm away from home and can't spend time to write about it! Well, not always, but a lot. Or sometimes. OK, just this once. But I'll be lazy anyway, and point y'all once again to Emily, who has an excellent post about this.

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