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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down2·2 months agoTl;Dr “Why is it a hexagon”
minus-squarePearl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·2 months agoAtmosphere outside hexagon spins faster than atmosphere inside hexagon
minus-squareSaapas@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoBut why hexagon and not a circle
minus-squareunderreacting@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoLaws of Physics. Also aliens. (Aliens created physics). Ps. I’d also like to know the answer.
minus-squarePearl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoCircles are hard to render. It’s why we don’t have perfect spheres. Labs can only get “close to perfect”.
Tl;Dr
“Why is it a hexagon”
Atmosphere outside hexagon spins faster than atmosphere inside hexagon
But why hexagon and not a circle
Laws of Physics. Also aliens. (Aliens created physics).
Ps. I’d also like to know the answer.
Circles are hard to render. It’s why we don’t have perfect spheres. Labs can only get “close to perfect”.