Re:A second hexagon in the stratosphere of Saturn
by jacobolus on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:44PM
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Er, wait a sec, that doesn’t make any sense. Chalk it up to tiredness.
With a ~30 Earth-year long year, Saturn of course goes about 1/30 of the way around its orbit each Earth year; this would just as closely relate it to a pentagon as a hexagon. It’s Jupiter with a ~12 Earth-year long year that would go about 1/12 of the way around its orbit each Earth year.
Saturn and Jupiter together have orbits that return to about the same state every ~60 years.
With a ~30 Earth-year long year, Saturn of course goes about 1/30 of the way around its orbit each Earth year; this would just as closely relate it to a pentagon as a hexagon. It’s Jupiter with a ~12 Earth-year long year that would go about 1/12 of the way around its orbit each Earth year.
Saturn and Jupiter together have orbits that return to about the same state every ~60 years.