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Saturn Has a Warm Pole

Posted by Hemos on from the like-forgotten-earth dept.

Artifex writes "Astronomers using infrared imaging capabilities at Keck Observatory in Hawaii have discovered that Saturn's "south" pole is warm - the first warm pole detected in the solar system. "

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  1. Warm pole? by base3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I swear, sometimes the jokes just write themselves!

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  2. $PLANET has a warm pole... by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it'd been Uranus, I think I woulda called in sick today.

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    1. Re:$PLANET has a warm pole... by deglr6328 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Since Uranus is tilted on its axis almost ninety degrees it is very likely that the same polar vortex mechanism is at work there (probably even bigger effect than on Saturn) too and we jest haven't seen it yet due to a lack of angular resolution from our ground telescopes. So yes, Uranus probably does have a big hot pole!

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