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10-11-2006, 17:16
Colossal Hurricane-Like Storm Found on Saturn
By Will Dunham, Reuters
WASHINGTON (Nov. 10) - A colossal, swirling storm with a well-developed eye is churning at Saturn's south pole, the first time a truly hurricane-like storm has been detected on a planet other than Earth, NASA images showed on Thursday.
The storm on the giant, ringed planet is about 5,000 miles wide, measuring roughly two thirds the diameter of Earth, with winds howling clockwise at 350 mph.
More here (http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/colossal-hurricane-like-storm-found-on/20061109173309990026?ncid=NWS00010000000001). Should we start a pool to guess how long to takes FEMA to react? :D
Feel free to hijack this thread for any other space-related stuff, like the report that the Moon may have had an episode of outgassing as recently as one million years ago (as if you needed my permission).
By Will Dunham, Reuters
WASHINGTON (Nov. 10) - A colossal, swirling storm with a well-developed eye is churning at Saturn's south pole, the first time a truly hurricane-like storm has been detected on a planet other than Earth, NASA images showed on Thursday.
The storm on the giant, ringed planet is about 5,000 miles wide, measuring roughly two thirds the diameter of Earth, with winds howling clockwise at 350 mph.
More here (http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/colossal-hurricane-like-storm-found-on/20061109173309990026?ncid=NWS00010000000001). Should we start a pool to guess how long to takes FEMA to react? :D
Feel free to hijack this thread for any other space-related stuff, like the report that the Moon may have had an episode of outgassing as recently as one million years ago (as if you needed my permission).