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A separate estimate ofthe basin depth predicated on the known ratios of the width to depthof individual convection cells suggest that the nitrogen pool boastsa minimum depth of 10 km (6 miles ...

The star, R Doradus, is a red giant roughly 350 times the Sun’s diameter. Its convection cells are dozens of times the size of the Sun itself, and they rise and fall over a period of a few weeks.

To put the sheer size of π1 Gruis's convection cells in context, our Sun has roughly two million cells, each of which is a (relatively) measly 1,500 km (932 miles) across.

More information: Giant Convection Cells Found on the Sun, Science 6 December 2013: Vol. 342 no. 6163 pp. 1217-1219 DOI: 10.1126/science.1244682 ...

The star, R Doradus, is a red giant roughly 350 times the Sun’s diameter. Its convection cells are dozens of times the size of the Sun itself, and they rise and fall over a period of a few weeks.

Pluto's polygons may have been formed by convection Date: June 1, 2016 Source: Purdue University Summary: On Pluto, icebergs floating in a sea of nitrogen ice are key to a possible explanation of ...

These giant cells were expected to be about 120,000 miles (200,000 km) deep and wide, spanning the entire convection zone of the sun, the outermost third of the star's interior.