Chapter 42: The "Absolutely Stationary" Planet
Quyler Charles is a six-ringed mage and a fifth-level arcanist of the "Tower", an organization under the Magical Society, and because of his great admiration for the "heliocentric theory" founded by His Excellency Felton Antonia, the "Eye of the Starry Sky", and his talent in the field of astrology, Quyler was specially approved to join the "Celestial Movement Laws Exploration Project" team.
As the least senior arcanist in the "Celestial Panel", Quiller Charles is mainly responsible for reviewing and counting various data. Because of his conscientious and responsible attitude, His Excellency Felton also admired his performance, and even considered involving him in the mathematical derivation of the laws of the movement of celestial bodies.
However, this wonderful hope was disappointed!
It is said that His Excellency Felton specially invited the winner of the "Sistir Honor Award", the mid-level arcanist Victor Tisrael, to personally preside over the derivation and verification of the mathematical formula of the "Theory of the Laws of the Movement of Celestial Bodies", and this "good news" made Quyler Charles very upset, so much so that he made a series of mistakes in his work in recent days.
"Mr. Victor will definitely let me continue with the boring data processing, who made me so low-qualified......"
While thinking about it, Quiller Charles casually put the "Statistical Table of Celestial Movement Laws Data and Information" that he had prepared for his new job on the table in front of him.
"Hello, is this the laboratory of the 'Celestial Movement Laws Exploration Project'?"
Quiller looked up listlessly, and a young man in Greenlandic costume with black hair and purple eyes had come to his desk at some point.
"Yes! You're Lord Victor, aren't you? Queller is honored to be at your service. ”
When Quiller saw the magic ring on the middle finger of the young man's right hand, he immediately identified it.
"It's been a pleasure working with you...... Well, Mr. Quyler Charles......"
Victor looked at the name tag on the table in front of the mid-level mage and mid-level arcanist, and greeted him in a friendly manner.
"Hey, what is this?"
Out of the corner of his eye, he swept over the cluttered desk, and Victor spotted a thick stack of papers filled with data.
"Ahh This is...... Here's my stats! Quiller said with some embarrassment: "It's useless to think about it......"
"Lord Victor, you're here to find Lord Felton...... He's observing the celestial bodies at the observatory upstairs, so I'll take you there...... Lord Victor? ”
To Quyler's surprise, Victor was engrossed in flipping through the stats he had counted, and didn't seem to hear what he was saying.
"Lord Victor...... Lord Victor? ”
Quiller tentatively called out softly twice, for fear of disturbing the winner of the "Sistil Honor Award" in front of him.
"You counted all this data?" Victor shook the paper in his hand.
"Yes...... Yes. ”
Quiller replied with a worried heart: "I have personally calculated these data, and I have wasted a lot of time......"
"How could it be useless?" Victor thought to himself, "This is first-hand data information to verify the mathematical formula of the movement of celestial bodies!" ”
"Excellent! From these data, I can see your seriousness and hard work......"
Victor suppressed the thoughts in his heart and said lightly: "Please take me to see His Excellency Felton, there are some things I need to communicate with him." ”
"Okay, Lord Victor, please go this way......"
Led by Quiller, Victor followed him to the upper floor of the laboratory, the Celestial Observatory.
"Damn it! Why is this happening again? ”
As soon as they went upstairs, Victor and Quiller heard Felton's roar.
"Tell me! Is there a problem with the real-time data observed? ”
"Nope! Your Excellency, I promise! ”
"Then you tell me that I made a mistake in the operation of the telescope during the observation?"
"Well, no ...... either"
"Oh? All right? Could it be that you don't maintain your instruments and equipment regularly? ”
"It can't be! Mr. Felton, before this observation, I personally proofread the telescope, and there will be absolutely no problems in this aspect of instruments and equipment!! ”
"That's fine, that's fine...... Why do my observations have such conflicting results? How can this be explained? Could it be that the gods have reappeared and played a little joke on us? ”
"Who's there...... Can anyone tell me if this observation is true? Or is it fake? ”
Felton's roar continued as Victor walked towards the massive telescope, a restless roar that caused several high-ranking arcanists standing around Felton to shrink their necks involuntarily.
"Huh? Victor? You've come just in time......"
As soon as Felton, whose eyes were red, turned around and saw Victor walking by, he took a few steps forward, grabbed Victor's arm, and pulled him to a laboratory table.
"Can you help me see if there is a problem with this data?"
Felton handed Victor the parchment on the lab table, which contained the observations.
"Got pen and paper, right?"
Victor nodded politely to the crowd, took the data, and sat down generously at the lab table.
"Mr. Victor, here is pen and paper......"
"Good!"
As a result, Victor immediately activated his talent "data analysis", and he compared the data while calculating it on paper.
"Strange? This observational data ...... Sure enough, there is a problem!! ”
Using the formula of the three laws of planetary motion proposed by the German astronomer Kepler in his previous life, Victor quickly discovered the problem in the process of deduction.
The observation data provided by Felton were real-time records of two planetary objects, and Victor verified them through formulas, only to find that only one planetary object conformed to the laws of planetary motion, while the other planetary object was "stationary"!
"How is that possible?"
Victor, who was conducting the research, frowned, "Everything in the universe is in motion...... How can there be an 'absolutely stationary' celestial body? ”
Victor repeated the calculations, but the result was still the same: one planet moved according to the laws of the celestial bodies, while the other planet was "completely stationary".
Putting down the stiff quill in his hand, Victor said thoughtfully: "Lord Felton, there is indeed a problem with this observation data......
"According to my calculations, only one planet is moving according to the laws of the celestial bodies you proposed, and the other ...... I was also confused by the results! ”
Victor's words went unanswered, and he looked up in surprise.
I saw that all the personnel, including Felton, were staring intently at the deduction verification process he had written.
"It's wonderful!! I've never seen such a moving mathematical reasoning......"
"Did you see that? Mr. Victor actually used his 'analytic geometry' to represent the orbits of the planets in the form of coordinate geometry...... This intuitive way is a kind of shocking 'beauty'!! ”
"Flawless derivation, error-free validation...... But why do we get two contradictory results? ”
"Will the motion of that planet be relatively ......stationary?"
"Impossible! Our observations of both planets are based on the same environmental conditions...... If it is relatively stationary, then both planets should be relatively stationary! ”
"What a headache 'contradiction'!!"
“……”
"Record the observations!"
Felton seemed to have regained his composure, and he said with a serious face: "I don't want to see this observation of the planet anywhere outside of this laboratory until I get further verification results...... Is it all clear? ”
"Your will, my command."
"Alright, let's all go back and rest! Let's reflect on the problems that may arise in this observation......"
With Felton's words, a group of high-ranking arcanists left the "Celestial Observatory" one after another.
PS: This chapter update is made up last Sunday.