What is Hexagon?
{{Regular polygon db|Regular polygon stat table|p6}} A '''hexagon''' is a [[polygon]] with 6 sides and 6 corners ([[vertex|vertices]]). Like regular [[triangle]]s and [[square (geometry)|squares]], hexagons fit together without gaps. This is known as a [[tessellation]]. Because of this, they are often used for tiling floors. They are also quite common in nature. For example, the [[honeycomb]]s in a [[beehive]] are hexagons. == Hexagons: in nature and by humankind == <gallery> Image:Honey_comb.jpg|A beehive [[honeycomb]] Image:Carapax.svg|The [[scute]]s of a turtle's [[carapace]] Image:Saturn hexagonal north pole feature.jpg|North polar hexagonal cloud feature on [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]], discovered by [[Voyager 1]] and confirmed in 2006 by [[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]] [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia09188.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216182237/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia09188.html |date=2010-02-16 }} [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/cassini-20070327.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927072602/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/cassini-20070327.html |date=2010-09-27 }} [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1988Icar...76..335G&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=] Image:Snowflake 300um LTSEM, 13368.jpg|[[Micrograph]] of a snowflake Image:Hexagonal tessellation.JPG|Hexagonal floor tessellations (in Rome) Image:Giants causeway closeup.jpg|Naturally formed [[basalt]] columns from [[Giant's Causeway]] in [[Ireland]]; large masses must cool slowly to form a polygonal fracture pattern Image:Fort-Jefferson Dry-Tortugas.jpg|An aerial view of Fort Jefferson in [[Dry Tortugas National Park]] </gallery> ==Related pages== * [[Polygon]] * [[Triangle]] * [[Square]] * [[Pentagon]] * [[Heptagon]] * [[Octagon]] == Other websites == * [http://www.mathopenref.com/hexagon.html Definition and properties of a hexagon] With interactive animation * [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassi