Can any comparison be made between spiral galaxies and hurricanes?
Just curious about spiral galaxies. My question is: ” Can any comparison be made between the make-up and movements of hurricane’s on earth and those of a spiral galaxy?” I refer to “make-up” in the sense that an hurricane consists of an eye. A spiral galaxy consists of a center (black hole perhaps). Both hurricane’s and galaxies move in a counter-clockwise direction. Please correct me if any statements that I’ve made are incorrect. I’m just curious if any relevant conclusions can be made. This is an interesting question. Spiral galaxies and hurricanes certainly look alike even though they form in such different ways. Here is a nice site on the structure of hurricanes, and one on spiral galaxies (specifically the Milky Way). Comparison of Hurricane Isabel with spiral galaxy M51. Credit: Comparison and M51 image copyright Brian Lula; Hurricane Isabel, courtesy GHCC, NASA. Reproduced with permission. The first big difference I notice is that hurricanes are definitely three dimensional, wh
