Chapter 489: Gravitational Superposition and Tidal Force
Another quiet period of development, with nineteen of the twenty planets in the star system being demolished.
Well? How to solve the problem of the influence of the gravitational forces between the planets in the star system?
Indeed, if left unchecked, the loss of gravity caused by the dismantling of the nineteen planets would affect the biosphere on the remaining habitable planet.
And this effect is also extremely far-reaching for the ecosystem itself, because most of the mass of the planets in the star system is transferred to the vicinity of the star, which also leads to the emergence of gravitational superposition effect, and the gravitational pull of habitable planets has changed from a blue dwarf at the beginning to a blue dwarf plus nineteen planets.
Due to the distance, this superposition does not reach the level of planet tearing, but the tidal forces acting on the planet itself do increase, so the surface biosphere will be affected.
This effect is not a big deal from the collector's point of view, but it is a serious catastrophic phenomenon for humans, such as frequent earthquakes, volcanic activity, coastal tsunamis, summer snow, equatorial auroras, geomagnetic disturbances, thunderstorms, and other anomalies caused by tidal force changes.
The biosphere is fragile, let alone the organisms in it, and a single geomagnetic disturbance can indirectly lead to mass extinctions.
This happens only if the gatherers let the creatures in the biosphere die for themselves.
Of course, the gatherers will not let it go, after all, such a habitable planet with a complex ecosystem is so rare, they are still ready to keep it as an object of observation, how can it be allowed to destroy itself? It's all self-extinguished, what else to watch?
Solving the problem of gravitational superposition is not too challenging for collectors, and they can't do it with anti-gravity, but it can reduce the impact of gravitational superposition on habitable planets, so as to achieve the purpose of eliminating the effect of gravitational superposition.
To eradicate the effects, we first need to know what the gravitational superposition effect is and why it can be such a surface disaster.
The so-called gravitational superposition is literally like that, the gravitational pull of celestial bodies is superimposed, and this phenomenon is obvious in the binary star system, that is, when the rotating planet and the two stars that are attracted to each other are in the same straight line, the gravitational lines of the two stars will also overlap together, forming a gravitational superposition.
If all the planets in the solar system are lined up in a straight line, there will also be a significant gravitational superposition, and the surface of the earth will be facing the side that looks like the stars are arranged, and people will obviously feel that their bodies are lighter, and they will walk like walking on the moon, while at the opposite end, people will obviously feel that their weight has increased, and the long-distance runner will be panting like a cow before he has taken a few steps, and he is half dead of exhaustion.
Then there is the formation of tidal forces, gravity can penetrate ten dimensions, and nothing can block the propagation of gravity, so gravity can penetrate the thick layers of the planet and penetrate deep into the core.
As long as there is a large amount of fluid material on a planet, it can also be affected by gravity to form tidal force, this fluid material is not limited to liquid water, can also be highly liquid lava, any mobile matter can form tidal force, this is just a kind of expression of gravity after affecting matter.
Things like volcanic activity, frequent earthquakes, geomagnetic fluctuations, etc., are not too difficult to achieve by influencing the lava flow in the planet's interior.
The so-called tidal forces affect the ecosphere.
Therefore, as long as the tidal force formed by the transformation of fluid matter due to gravitational action is curbed or the impact is reduced, the ecological circle on the habitable planet will not be affected too badly.
The rhizomes penetrate the strata, and they target the subterranean world of habitable planets.
After reaching a depth of 1,000 kilometers, the rhizomes stop continuing to intervene in the deeper forces of the planet, and instead begin to connect the other rhizomes horizontally and in parallel, thus forming an enveloping planet, forming a huge network of rhizomes on an unprecedented scale.
The purpose of this is, of course, to reduce the effect of the underground lava fluid on the surface, similar to the principle of soundproofing by increasing the thickness of the walls, as long as the stable area of the ground near the surface is thick enough, even if the tidal forces of the underground still affect the surface eventually, at least not as violently as they were before the treatment.
This is a way to deal with the tidal forces exhibited by lava flows, and in addition, some gaps are artificially carved out on the surface to release the pressure inside the earth's core, so that the design layout can avoid excessive accumulation of energy in the planet's interior.
However, not all collectors have taken a positive view of this approach.
"Why don't we just cool the core of the planet into a solid state? In this case, there will definitely be no more tidal forces on the planet. ”
This is a once-and-done idea, according to the idea of the gatherer, they can completely convert the internal fluid matter of the entire habitable planet into solid matter, so that the tidal forces in the interior of the planet can be ignored, and only need to think about how to deal with the tidal forces of the ocean.
However, there is still a serious flaw in this idea.
"The problem of geomagnetism, we still need the planet's core to solve, if it is converted to a solid state, the geomagnetism will be seriously weakened, and the stellar wind will blow away the planet's surface atmosphere."
For the planetary ecosphere, it is a devastating disaster for the atmosphere to be blown away, it is better to withstand natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, at least these species can survive, and the atmosphere is blown away, that is what species cannot be left, cosmic organisms and planetary organisms are two concepts.
Take life on earth as an example, if it is thrown into outer space without any protection, who will survive? First of all, it is certain that none of the many cells will survive, even the cockroach that is considered to be the most tenacious.
The gamma rays of stars are natural protein killers, not to mention the vacuum environment.
Cutting fluid lava is one thing, and it's not just lava that is a fluid, but also liquid water, which is the ocean on the planet's surface.
It's much easier to deal with this, at least than the liquid lava underground, and the gatherers only need to create a lot of huge floating islands that are large in mass but less dense than water, and these floating islands will float in the ocean like icebergs, acting in a certain amount of suppression, in the opposite direction of tidal forces.
In addition to suppression, it can also hinder the formation of super-giant waves, and so on.
The disadvantages are not impossible, such as the possibility of contact with land and the possibility of collisions between floating islands, but these problems are trivial compared to the tidal forces that suppress the ocean.