No Hexagonal Wave around Saturn's Southern Pole
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images (1997–2002) do not show a hexagonal wave in the south pole that is a counterpart of the northern one (D. A. Godfrey 1988, Icarus 76, 335–356). However, a polar jet similar to that in which the north polar hexagonal wave is embedded has been discovered in the south...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) N.Y. 1962), 2002-11, Vol.160 (1), p.216-219 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images (1997–2002) do not show a hexagonal wave in the south pole that is a counterpart of the northern one (D. A. Godfrey 1988,
Icarus
76, 335–356). However, a polar jet similar to that in which the north polar hexagonal wave is embedded has been discovered in the southern hemisphere. The HST images also reveal the existence of a small polar “cap” about 2000 km in diameter that marks the rotational pole of the planet, as well as unexpected changes in the nearby cloud structure on a timescale of years. |
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| ISSN: | 0019-1035 1090-2643 |
| DOI: | 10.1006/icar.2002.6947 |