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To: verum ago
I posted an article from "Universe Today" last week about Saturn's Hexagon you can link to here
Free Republic:Incredible Raw Image of Saturn's North Pole Hexagon.
As I vaguely recall someone posted the comparative size of the Earth within the Hexagon and I created the image of the Earth as the blue circle within the Hexagon from memory so it's approximate.


6 posted on 12/05/2012 8:12:01 AM PST by lbryce (BHO:"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds by way Oppenheiner at Trinity NM)
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To: lbryce
Thanks, but I just found out this morning that the sides of the overall hexagonal feature are about 13,800 km long, whereas Earth's mean diameter is 12,742 km.

Since this vortex is the small feature in the center of the overall hexagon:



I'd estimate the field of view in this picture below to be about 2500 km across:



For reference, the largest tropical cyclone I can find on record is Typhoon Tip, at 2200 km across:



I feel bad correcting you after you tried to answer my question...
7 posted on 12/05/2012 11:57:31 AM PST by verum ago (Some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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