Chapter 216, Ceres
Since the discovery of the hide-and-seek Ceres, the astronomers on the "Ocean Ocean" have been staring at it, and the huge scientific research spacecraft is also flying towards Ceres, which seems to be far away, but in terms of the speed of the spacecraft, it does not take too long.
However, scientists are not idle, using various scientific instruments have begun to make various observations and measurements of Ceres, and as the distance from Ceres gets closer and closer, relatively clear photos can already be taken on the "Ocean Ocean", and scientists are studying the newly taken photos at this time.
In the huge hall of the "Ocean Ocean" Scientific Research Center, hundreds of scientists such as Li Fu, Chen Bin, Liu Shiying, Liu Yi, Tang Boyuan, and Dong Zhifei are surrounding in the middle at this time, where a huge virtual 3D stereoscopic image is slowly rotating, and the image is a very common planet image in the universe.
"Ceres is too small compared to the Earth, its surface gravitational acceleration is only 0.27, compared to our Earth's 9.8, it is not a level at all!"
"Ceres' escape velocity is only 50 meters per second, which means that if you shoot a bullet in the sky with a rifle on Ceres, this bullet can escape gravity and become a moon of Ceres."
Tang Boyuan used easy-to-understand words to analyze the data of Ceres, there are many types of scientists here, and there are not many people who really understand astronomy, so it is best to be popular when explaining astronomical knowledge, so that everyone can better understand.
"Ceres is 950 kilometers in diameter, and if you count the asteroids, it is undoubtedly a giant, but if you put it into the sequence of planets, it is a dwarf, so much so that it has earned the title of dwarf planet."
"The mass of Ceres is 950 million tons, the mass of the Moon is 734.9 billion tons, and the mass of Ceres is only 773 of the Moon's, but according to the information we have now, 40% of the mass on Ceres should be water, which means that Ceres contains 380 million tons of water!"
"What is the concept of 380 million tons of water? Let's simply convert the weight of water into volume, one cubic meter of water is one ton, and the water of Ceres has 380 million cubic meters, which is equal to 38 million cubic kilometers, which is equal to 38 million cubic kilometers, and we all know that the content of the earth's water resources is 308 million cubic kilometers, of which the freshwater resources are 35 million cubic kilometers, so the water content of a planet Ceres is more than the total freshwater resources of the earth. ”
"Great!"
When I heard this, the scientists present and the scientists who were far away on the earth couldn't help but admire that the water resources of this Ceres are more than the freshwater resources of the earth, which is of great significance for the future development of human space.
"Haven't we been worrying that Mars doesn't have enough water? If we can move the water from Ceres to Mars, the water needed to transform Mars will be enough. ”
Other scientists nodded after hearing this, the transformation of Mars that seemed to be impossible to complete is now basically in sight, and it seems that the official decision of Huaxia to transform Mars for immigration is not nonsense, and there is still a certain feasibility.
"After you know the basic information about Ceres, I'll show you something that will make people more interested!"...
Dong Zhifei smiled mysteriously, and then the virtual machine on his wrist gave a command, and there was a place on the slowly rotating image of Ceres with some white bright spots on it.
"Look, in the northern hemisphere of Ceres, in a crater, we photographed a white bright spot here, and through the observation of a large space telescope, we found that it is actually composed of many small bright spots, I don't know what you think?"
Everyone was attracted by the topic of winning a hundred years at once, there are countless white bright spots on a planet, and everyone instantly came to the spirit, this gray asteroid and meteorite have seen a lot, and the interest in changing the color comes.
"I think these dazzling bright spots are caused by the reflection of sunlight by highly reflective materials, which may be ice, as you said earlier, 40% of the mass of this Ceres is water, plus Ceres is a naked star with no atmosphere, and it is also a death star with no internal activity, I think there is a high probability that it is ice."
Chen Bin thought about putting forward his own views, and his views were supported by many scientists, and they still have great convincing power and scientific basis.
"I believe there are aliens, what about you?" Some people who usually like to joke even think about it at this time.
"At least there are no aliens in the solar system, I'm sure of this, our telescopes are already very powerful, and if there are aliens, there will always be some high-tech discovered by us."
Tang Boyuan shook his head, expressing his helplessness to people with this kind of jumping thinking, and discussing the white bright spots, he actually jumped aliens all of a sudden, but I have to say that science sometimes needs this kind of jumping thinking.
"I also think it's ice, maybe it's the water produced after the comet impact that freezes at the bottom of the crater, and the ice is reflective enough to make us look white bright spots after space, and you see, these white bright spots are located in a crater, which is very supportive of what I just said, the water produced by the comet impact and then freezes at low temperatures."
"I don't agree with ice, you can see that the surface of Ceres is generally gray, but we can already be sure that there is a lot of water on Ceres, which means that there may be ice directly below these gray surfaces, and the gray color of this surface should be covered by cosmic dust in a long history."
"If everything else has been covered, why not here? So I don't think it's ice, it's a crystal of some kind of mineral, such as quartz, which also has a very high reflectivity! ”
Some scientists shook their heads and objected to the notion that it was ice, believing that it was a mineral with a crystalline structure.
"Huh? Could it be a lot of super large diamonds, haha, it seems that the gift we went back to has been settled! ”
"I'm praying for diamonds, what's the use of ice!"
"Why is Ceres so big, so many craters, and there is more than one reflective material in that crater? And there is not a single one of the other craters, and all kinds of phenomena show that this is not a coincidence, maybe it is something special, and I think whether it is the diamond that everyone is expecting, or aliens, or the ice that is the most likely, we will soon know. ”
Li Fu looked at the virtual statue of Ceres, his eyes flashing with light.
Because the reflectivity of this white area is so high that even if you look at it with a large astronomical telescope, you can't see what it is from a long distance.
In fact, Li Fu is more inclined to think that it is something left by aliens, something similar to solar panels, if it is ice or other reflective minerals, etc., in the long history of Ceres, it should basically be covered by cosmic dust and matter.
Only this kind of scientific and technological things, if they are regularly maintained, can be maintained, and natural things in the long history, especially for nude stars like Ceres, will basically slowly cover the surface with a thick layer of cosmic dust matter.
As for the discovery of things left behind by aliens, Li Fu knew from the seeds of super civilization, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the universe, and there are too many, too many similar things in the universe.
There are many things like this because some low-level civilizations are lucky enough to discover the dilapidated space warships, spaceships, and so on left behind by high-level civilizations, and civilization technology develops rapidly, and soon becomes a hegemon.
Just like Li Fu himself, in fact, he was lucky to obtain the property of an alien civilization, and in just a few years, the earthlings have gradually walked out of the home planet, the earth, and began to develop towards the starry sky and the universe.
Of course, there are some examples of primitive people who found visitors from outside the sky, but they themselves don't understand these, so they can only worship these aliens as gods, and legend has it that the Mayans and ancient Egyptians were guided by aliens to build some pyramids that are still unsolvable in science, which is said to be used to send letters to their home planet for help.
In any case, there are still many civilizations with such adventures in the universe, although every time there is a difference in the level of civilization, the level of science and technology is very different, it is very likely that primitive people look at spaceships and do not know how to study, but once civilization embarks on the road of science and technology, it is always slowly able to learn more advanced science and technology.
The "Ocean-going spacecraft" is rapidly approaching Ceres, and everything on Ceres is becoming clearer and clearer, and all kinds of unmanned probes, satellites, etc. have long been scattered without money.
"Oh my God! That's impossible. ”
Dong Zhifei and Tang Boyuan were studying the latest information about Ceres at this time, there was a very large astronomical telescope on the spacecraft, and the resolution was more than one grade stronger than that of Hubble, and it was very close to Ceres at this time, so everything on Ceres could already be seen clearly.
Dong Zhifei's mouth opened wide and his eyes widened, because just now, when he observed the mysterious white bright spots on Ceres, he discovered a very terrifying fact.
"What's the matter, all this shouting?"
Tang Bo on the side was far from knowing, so he was taken aback by Dong Zhifei's sudden move.
"Bo Yuan, look here, it's really terrifying!"
Dong Zhifei immediately played the mysterious white area on Ceres, and as the image analyzer filtered out the dazzling white light, a new world appeared in the field of vision of the two.
"Holy, this ...... The"
Tang Boyuan took a closer look, and the whole person was immediately dumbfounded, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"Don't make a noise about this, I'll report to Brother Fu immediately."
Tang Boyuan's brain thought quickly, and then said to Dong Zhifei, he floated lightly towards the other areas of the spaceship, preparing to find Li Fu to report the situation, this matter is really too important.
"I know."
Dong Zhifei nodded solemnly, he has been in the Fuyun Group Science Research Institute for a long time, and both of them know that the company's confidentiality regulations in science and technology are very strict, and all confidential things must not be leaked, so in this area, the first thing the two of them thought of was to block the news and keep it secret.
Although as a Yuanli cultivator, Li Fu does not need to go to the gym every year to maintain the calcium in his bones, but everyone is exercising, if he does not exercise, it is still easy to arouse the suspicion of others, especially the suspicion from official scientists in Huaxia.
Therefore, every day, although these scientists of the Fuyun Group have all started to cultivate the Yuan Force Method, they basically spend three to four hours every day on training.
"Brother Fu, please come with me, I have an important situation to report to you."
Tang Boyuan came to Li Fu's side lightly, and in order to keep it secret, he sent a message to Li Fu in the virtual world, but on the surface, he pretended to come and talk to Li Fu.
"Well, let's go, let's go and have a look."
Soon, li fu knew the detailed information, and the whole person's eyebrows raised, and then nodded, ended his workout, and walked lightly towards the astronomical research center on the spaceship with tang boyuan.
The "Ocean-Going" Cosmic Astronomical Center, such an astronomical center is indispensable for sailing in the universe, and it is necessary to have enough excellent cosmic astronomers, otherwise, in the vast universe, if you don't know how to identify the direction and find the star path, you will definitely get lost in the vast universe.
If you just look at the starry universe from the naked eye, it is the same everywhere, and you can't see anything at all, and when you sail in the interstellar universe, you must have a star map to determine your position according to the position of the neutron stars in the universe, so as not to lose your way.
Of course, for now, navigating in the solar system is naturally not so complicated, but it is still indispensable to have the help of astronomical scientists, because if you make good use of the gravitational pull of massive planets as much as possible to gain greater speed and reduce your own energy consumption, it is also very important for navigating in the solar system.
The "Ocean Ocean" spacecraft is a scientific research spacecraft, which carries a variety of advanced scientific research equipment, and the astronomical research center is also here, and the ultra-large astronomical telescope, supercomputer, gravitational mirror lens, red and blue shift equipment to study distance changes, etc., are all the most advanced scientific research instruments.
"Let's talk about the details."
As soon as Li Fu arrived, he immediately hurriedly said to Dong Zhifei, looking more anxious.
PS: Quack, it's time to get up in the morning again, and I still have to go out as a guest today and ask for tickets. All kinds of requests!