• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Yeah, that regular hexagon is something like twice the Earth’s diameter on a side, it’s enormous. I was wondering if we know of a regular hexagon larger than that anywhere in the known universe?

    It’s a bit like, is the Titanic the largest manmade object ever accidentally broken in half?

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      2 days ago

      Do Lagrange points count? I guess it’s only 4 of the 6 points of a hexagon, with the smaller mass, and the L3, L4 and L5 points forming the 4 points

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        1 day ago

        I don’t think so, as you point out only 4 points are defined, and…I’m sure you could find like six stars around the rim of a galaxy that are equidistant and go “these form a regular hexagon 40,000 light years to a side” No I’m think I’ll restrict it to a structure that through some force more compelling than random happenstance has formed itself into a hexagon.