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Unlike hurricanes on Earth, there is no ocean below Saturn's vortices. The first jet to the south of the northern vortex at 75° N follows a hexagonal pattern around the planet. Cloud features are observed to move around the hexagon counterclockwise at about 100 metres per second (360 km [220 miles] per hour).

https://www.britannica.com/place/Saturn-planet/The-atmosphere

>Unlike hurricanes on Earth, there is no ocean below Saturn's vortices. The first jet to the south of the northern vortex at 75° N follows a hexagonal pattern around the planet. Cloud features are observed to move around the hexagon counterclockwise at about 100 metres per second (360 km [220 miles] per hour). https://www.britannica.com/place/Saturn-planet/The-atmosphere

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It's spooky but it's just fluid dynamics. You can get the same effect with liquids on earth.