The storm on the Saturn is about 5,000 miles wide, measuring roughly two thirds the diameter of Earth, with winds howling clockwise at 350 mph (550 kph). It has a well-developed eye ringed by towering clouds that soar 20-45 miles above those in the dark center, hurricane-like storm is two to five times higher than clouds in our thunderstorms and hurricanes, NASA said.
Scientists said it was unclear whether Saturn's storm was a water-driven system or a black hole. It differs from Earth hurricanes in part because it remains stuck at the pole rather than drifting as such storms do on this planet and because it did not form over a liquid water ocean, with Saturn being a gaseous planet, NASA said.
"It looks like a hurricane, but it doesn't behave like a hurricane," Andrew Ingersoll, a member of Cassini's imaging team at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, said in a statement. "Whatever it is, we're going to focus on the eye of this storm and find out why it's there." "We're all arguing with each other about what it might or might not be."
2006-11-11 03:26:08 · 10 answers · asked by wiki 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Black holes do not "suck." They have gravity just like everything else. That said if you get VERY close to one (within 2 schwarzschild radii) there are no stable orbits that do not require continuous energy input due to the implications General Relativity (warping of spacetime). If the sun magically turned into a black hole tomorrow, the earth would continue in its orbit as it always has, but would be very cold.
A small black hole in Saturn's atmosphere (ignoring for the moment howa sub planetary mass black hole could form and why it would not quickly settle to the center of the planet) would produce a large amount of x-ray and gamma radiation that is not observed.
The south polar vortex around Saturn is probably analgous to the polar vortices that form here on Earth that help produce the annual ozone "holes" over each pole during their respective springtimes.
Just because it isn't a hurricane, does not leave black hole as the only other option. I am rather startled that what appears to be an excerpt from a popular press science article has this speculation in it.
The Saturnian polar vortex is different in one respect; instead of forming in winter, this one is present in summer. I think all you need is some sort of convection process near a pole to drive such a thing, but I might be wrong.
2006-11-12 09:48:26 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Quark 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The black holes are in the center of the Galaxy it furnishes the gravity which holds the Galaxy together. The gravity of a black hole is from 5 to 100 light years across. tremendous in size, When a star collapses and forms a black hole mater is compacted into a solid mass with what is an infinity mass. The gravity is so great that if it were a black hole it would suck in Saturn and quickly all of us.
No it is not a black hole.
2006-11-11 07:20:08 · answer #2 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt that its a Black Hole because black holes only form when a star collapses and the storm is on Saturn. And even if it was a black hole, it probably would have sucked in the entire planet by now.
2006-11-11 07:37:30 · answer #3 · answered by Turbo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arthur C. Clarke postulates in "2010" that Jupiter becomes a star. Perhaps that is what is happening with Saturn? Saturn isn't about to become a black hole but is about to ignite into a star. That would make things very interesting in our solar system. All those moons illuminated by a new light and heat source.
2006-11-11 06:16:34 · answer #4 · answered by instantanything 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know i was looking at that today and even though i am not a professional i do not think anything is really wrong. But something can be in the future. right now though i am just thinking that is is a storm ...on Saturn but defiantly not a black hole.
2006-11-11 03:38:27 · answer #5 · answered by DJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, they do. All gravity bends gentle, nevertheless, it is not any longer constrained to black holes, it is merely the consequence is extremely conspicuous in black holes. we are able to discover in a roundabout way the sunshine being bent by way of fact of gravitational lensing around the black hollow's historic past, and due to the form horizon, yet we does not be waiting to make certain a beam of light being bent, as so as to make certain gentle it is going to attain our eyes. The theory of observors is that gentle travels in right now lines.
2016-12-14 05:21:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A black hole is a star that as collapsed on its own gravational force. Saturn is not a star. If a black hole existed in our solar system the entire system would be sucked into it. Furthermore, you wouldn't be able to see it because a black hole won't let light escape.
2006-11-11 03:36:34 · answer #7 · answered by Count Acumen 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The short answer is "no" there is no black hole on Saturn because a blackhole would suck in the whole planet and we would not be able to see it.
2006-11-11 14:55:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope. We barely understand weather on earth. dont draw any farfetched conclusion from the photo.
2006-11-11 03:48:32 · answer #9 · answered by Dr. J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope i was just there last week
2006-11-11 03:50:32 · answer #10 · answered by woody 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋