Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, with a mass of more than 2.5 times that of the other seven planets combined, and 317.89 times that of the Earth alone. At the same time, Jupiter is also the fastest planet to rotate, such a huge Jupiter rotation only takes 9 hours, 50 minutes and 30 seconds, because Jupiter's huge mass and volume attract most of the meteorites, comets and other asteroids and other celestial bodies in space, so that these celestial bodies are captured by Jupiter's gravity, thus avoiding them from hitting the earth, so Jupiter also has another name - the protector of the earth.

Jupiter's sign is not only its huge mass and volume, the most famous is the Jupiter Great Red Spot, Jupiter's Great Red Spot is located on the south side of the equator, up to 25,000 kilometers, about 11,000 kilometers wide in a red oval region, and in fact the Great Red Spot is Jupiter's storm cyclone, as a gas planet, the Great Red Spot is like a huge vortex rotating in a counterclockwise direction, its vast and wide enough to accommodate several Earths, according to scientists in the 17th century for the first time observed Jupiter's Great Red Spot, The Great Red Spot has been around 350 years old, and although its color and shape have changed, it has never disappeared.

The Pioneer spacecraft is actually very far away from Jupiter, but because of Jupiter's huge size and looking at Jupiter from a space angle, the motion of the Great Red Spot on the surface of Jupiter can be clearly seen with the naked eye.

From a distance, the large red spot looks like a huge eye, slightly deeper in the middle and slightly lighter in the periphery, coupled with its ovoid shape, which is especially imaginary to the human eye.

In particular, the center of the storm in the Great Red Spot is constantly moving and changing, which makes people feel that it is a big eye looking into space. Looking at this strange scene, Gao Jian couldn't help but say how he felt.

"Hahaha, indeed, indeed!" Mo Liwen smiled and nodded, pointed to the Great Red Spot and said, "Actually, when I first came into contact with Jupiter's Great Red Spot, I felt the same as you. I always feel like it's an eye. In fact, there is a corollary in the scientific community that some scientists believe that the solar system once had an Earth-like civilization, but because of Jupiter's strong attraction, the planet was eventually swallowed by Jupiter. Perhaps the big red spot resembles the human eye because of the unyielding cry condensed by those ruined lives. ”

Speaking of this, Mo Liwen deliberately winked at Gao Jian, Gao Jian suddenly laughed dumbly when he heard it, one moment he was still discussing the question of the universe, and the next moment he talked about metaphysics, this Mo Liwen still likes to make such jokes when he lectures.

After being happy for a while, Mo Liwen continued to tell Gao Jian about Jupiter's many moons, and Su Yichen came to the bridge just halfway through the talk.

"Chief!"

"Director!"

Mo Liwen and Gao Jian hurriedly got up. However, they call Su Yichen differently, as the captain of the Vanguard, Su Yichen is of course the chief, and Gao Jian has been calling him the director all these years, and his habits have long been fixed.

Su Yichen didn't care much about the title, anyway, they could call it whatever they wanted. Nodding to the two of them with a smile, Su Yichen first asked about Mo Liwen and Gao Jian's teaching. He then inquired about the route of the Lower Vanguard.

"It's almost time, you guys go and rest first." Su Yichen flipped through the route records. A qiē is normal. As the captain of the ship, he thought about it and gave the order to let them rest, Mo Liwen and Gao Jian did not shirk, and after handing over the authority, they saluted Su Yichen, and then went to the cabin below.

Sitting in his seat, Su Yichen looked at the hologram in front of him, and now the Pioneer has flown near Jupiter. Continue in the direction of Pluto. This more than a month of sailing made Su Yichen very proud, although his Pioneer was not as good as Ike's interstellar exploration spaceship, but it was still the most advanced spaceship of mankind so far.

The Pioneer with Su Li has been smooth since takeoff, and the spacecraft's controllable thermonuclear fusion engine has also withstood the test of environmental changes. This also verifies Su Yichen's design and requirements for the Pioneer. Now, the Pioneer has reached a high speed of nearly 160 kilometers per second, which has surpassed the Hades and the Starry Sky, which are one step ahead, and if nothing else, the Pioneer is expected to catch up with the Russians in six days, and overtake the American Hades in 14 days.

However, Su Yichen is now considering whether to do so.

"Su Li!"

"I'm here!"

"Calculate the maximum speed that the Pioneer can achieve, and at the same time calculate the course route that surpasses the Russian Starry Sky and the American Hardy spacecraft without being discovered by the other party."

"Please wait a minute......."

Su Li replied, and after about a minute, it had an answer, and it told Su Yichen that from the current maximum output kinetic energy of Vanguard's controllable thermonuclear fusion engine, Vanguard can accelerate to a maximum of 190 kilometers per second, and in order to overtake the two Russian and American spacecraft without being detected by the other party, Pioneer must slightly adjust the angle of 3 units and use the huge Jupiter as a cover to fly past each other before reaching Saturn.

"You mean we can get ahead of Hades by adjusting our course in Saturn's orbit?" Su Yichen confirmed.

"Yes, this is a simulation of the course adjustment." Part of the hologram on the front has been transformed into a three-dimensional analogram, on which three bright spots shine: the American Hades, the Russian Star, and their Vanguard.

Although the purpose of the course of the three spacecraft is exactly the same, in fact, the position of each spacecraft in space flight is not in the same straight line, if you do not talk about the distance between the three before and after, just take the parallel distance as a reference, then the minimum distance is 3500 kilometers, and the maximum distance is more than 9000 kilometers.

The distance of 3,500 kilometers and 9,000 kilometers may seem like a lot, but in fact, at the current speed of the three spacecraft, it only takes about 22 to 58 seconds to cover this distance. According to Su Li's calculation of the course adjustment plan, although the adjusted speed of the Pioneer exceeds 190 kilometers per second, it will also increase the distance by one-third of astronomical units.

This is not a short journey, Su Yichen thought silently: "Prepare for course adjustment and wait for orders." ”

"Okay, adjust the course and get ready, wait for the order."

Then, Su Yichen let Su Li connect to Earth, and due to the navigation in space, the Pioneer became farther and farther away from Earth, and the more difficult it was to communicate normally between the two. Therefore, when the Pioneer flew over Mars, the communication with the Earth was changed from long-distance radio waves to ultra-long positioning laser communication technology, which is to use the artificial satellite of the optical link to the Earth to convert and then send information to the Earth, and the technology used on the Pioneer is currently the most advanced long-distance communication technology of the Earth and the most practical in space. (To be continued......)

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