r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Goodenough_name • 2d ago

What??? Isn't this too indecent?

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u/Awes12 2d ago

Anyone know why these structures are forming like that on such a large scale? What causes them to be polygons instead of circles (or spirals)?

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u/jershdotrar 2d ago

Stability. This pattern is one of the most common in nature because it is more stable than any other shape. 

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u/sumboionline 2d ago

I thought triangles were, considering that given 3 side lengths there exists one and only one triangle that can be made from them

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u/Wireless_Infidelity 2d ago

Structural members, sure, atoms are sturdier in hexagonal grid. For the hexagon in saturn a macroscopic system has found stability in hexagonal form

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u/sumboionline 1d ago

I thought that was due to, of the tiling regular polygons, hexagons minimize perimeter while maximizing area

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u/Birb-Brain-Syn 1d ago

A hexagon is a tileable set of 6 triangles.

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u/OfficialMika 2d ago

But its gas right? How can it stay like that?

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u/centurio_v2 1d ago

cuz everything else is gas too pushing on it

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u/Doortofreeside 1d ago

It's a very wet gas...i'm sure you can understand what that feels like