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What the hex is up with Jupiter's North Pole?

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Ken Wheeler

if you take a look at Ken Wheelers book "uncovering the secrets of magnetism", you'll discover that the centripetal force of a magnets 'north' crushes matter into its closest formation, hexagonal close packing - which makes hexagons in the geology from the centre to the north poles of all celestrial body with a strong magnetic core. Its definitely not solely a liquid dynamics phenomenon. its magnetic.

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