Hubble Telescope discovers strange ten-sided shape on Saturn
哈伯太空望遠鏡在土星上發現奇特的十邊形狀
更新於: 2026年9月5日 上午01:00
Saturn continues to surprise astronomers.
土星持續為天文學家帶來驚奇。
Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope captured images of a massive, 10-sided atmospheric wave, or 'decagon,' circling the planet's south pole.
近期，哈伯太空望遠鏡捕捉到了一個巨大的十邊形大氣波，或者稱作「十邊渦」，正環繞著土星南極。
This discovery, published in Science Advances in September 2026, is particularly exciting because it is the first time such a geometric jet pattern has been seen in Saturn’s southern hemisphere.
這項發現於2026年9月發表在《科學進展》期刊，特別令人振奮，因為這是人類首次在土星南半球目睹如此幾何形狀的噴流模式。
While Saturn’s north pole has featured a famous 6-sided hexagon for decades, the southern decagon is a brand new phenomenon.
雖然土星北極幾十年來都有著著名的六邊形構造，但南極的十邊形卻是全新的現象。
The decagon is enormous, stretching over 104,000 miles, and represents a complex, vertically extended wave that persists deep into the atmosphere.
該十邊形規模宏大，跨度超過10萬4000英哩，代表一種複雜、且向大氣深處垂直延伸的波動。
Lead researcher Agustín Sánchez-Lavega and his team, supported by amateur astronomers, are now studying how this feature evolves.
首席研究員阿古斯丁·桑切斯─拉維加及其團隊，在業餘天文學家的協助下，正研究此特徵如何演變。
The unexpected appearance of the decagon challenges previous theories that the northern hexagon was a unique anomaly.
十邊形的意外現身，挑戰了先前認為北極六邊形是唯一異常現象的理論。
