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Saturn's North Pole Is A Hexagon, And No One Knows...
Try packing circles as closely together as possible. You will see that the best packing has one circle in the center with 6 circles around it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_packing#Packings_in_the...
If each circle then expands equally to fill the gaps, you will end up with a bunch of hexagons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&...
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