Day 273 (4) 102 trillion tons of high-altitude projectiles
"What do you say...... You repeat? ”
"Once this comet falls on Mars, the most dangerous thing is the Joint Space Station. "The old cat said, "You can dig a hole in the ground and hide, but there is nowhere to hide in the space station." ”
The old cat pulled out a pen and paper.
"Based on the observations of the space station's survey telescope, we can infer the size of the comet's nucleus of Comet Laomao-1, which is about 28 to 30 kilometers in diameter." The old cat drew a circle on scratch paper, "Its main components are water, carbon dioxide and methane, we can roughly estimate the weight of this thing, the volume multiplied by the density, the answer is 1.02×10∧14 tons." ”
"It's also 1020000000000000 tons."
The old cat drew a long string of zeros on scratch paper.
Tang Yue counted the zeros for a long time.
"One...... One hundred and two trillion tons of weight? ”
The old cat nodded.
It was the first time Tang Yue had touched such a large mass, and he couldn't imagine what the concept was.
In Tang Yue's previous concept, a comet hitting the earth should be almost the same as a 10,000-ton oil tanker smashing down from the sky, because he no longer has this heavier and larger object in his mind, and this bigger thing can no longer be embodied by normal people, and the aircraft carrier, a giant oil carrier of tens of millions of tons, is even heavier, and it is already the largest thing made by human beings.
But the old cat smashed his idea to pieces with a trillion tons.
Where is this what tanker fell?
That's Mount Everest down.
This also means that Tang Yue completely underestimated the consequences of the comet hitting Mars, he had never seen a comet hitting a planet in his life, and the disaster caused by the fall of the old cat No. 1 comet would be far beyond his expectations.
"Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai 1 will approach Mars at a speed of more than 75 kilometers per second, carrying more than 2.9×10∧26 joules of kinetic energy." The old cat felt that Tang Yue couldn't intuitively estimate how much energy this energy was, so it moved out of the usual way of comparison, "The energy of the mushroom bomb that blew up Hiroshima is 5.5×10∧13 joules, if the old cat 1 comet hits Mars, the energy it releases will be equivalent to 5.2×10∧12 little boy atomic bombs, which is also equivalent to 52000000000000 mushroom bombs exploding at the same time." ”
Tang Yue was dizzy for a while.
5.2 trillion nuclear bombs.
A deep sense of powerlessness crept down his back, Tang Yue almost couldn't stand steadily, and he sat down on the chair.
50,000 ...... 200 billion nuclear bombs?
Tang Yue looked at the old cat with a pleading gaze, and the latter nodded regretfully, indicating that there was no mistake in this result.
"You...... Are you sure Kunlun Station will survive? ”
"The structure of the Kunlun station is very strong, the atmosphere of Mars is too thin, which to some extent saved the life of the Kunlun station, if a comet of the same mass hits the earth, there is no doubt that a huge shock wave will sweep the world in a short time, it will be an unprecedented huge storm, destroying everything in its path." "But it's very different on Mars, where there's only one percent of the standard atmosphere, and the power of the impact is greatly diminished. ”
"What about earthquakes? Won't it cause an earthquake? ”
"Of course, it will cause an earthquake, and it will be a strong earthquake that affects the whole world." The old cat nodded, "But the effect of the land absorbing energy as a buffer air is much stronger, as long as the distance is far enough...... You have to believe in the structural strength of the Kunlun station, which is not so easy to destroy. ”
As a barren and dead planet, Mars is really lackluster in natural disasters, if Mars is replaced with the earth, let the earth suffer this collision, then the follow-up chain reaction can be more, shock wave earthquakes and tsunamis, enough to clean the global surface, maybe it will also activate the eruption of the supervolcano, let the plate sink.
And the volcanoes of Mars have been dead for thousands of years.
"Before the comet hits, you dig a pit and find a place to hide, and maybe you can survive it." "But I'm afraid the United Space Station won't have such good luck...... Once Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai 1 enters the rigid Loch limit of Mars, it quickly peels apart, creating a large amount of debris in orbit, each of which is lethal to the space station. ”
"Can you get out of it?" Tang Yue asked, "Orion II still has an engine." ”
"You're going to use the space station as a fighter jet?" "These shards are undetectable, and they're fast, and they're tearing you apart before you can react." ”
Tang Yue covered his face and took a deep breath.
"It's over...... It's over. Tang Yue said, "The space station can't hide, and we may not be able to hide, God knows where that star will fall, maybe it will fall in front of us?" I don't know if it will be painful to be stoned to death by a comet. ”
"We can imagine what would happen on impact: once Comet Tomcat 1 reaches the Loch limit, it will begin to gradually disintegrate, producing a large amount of debris in low-Earth orbit, followed by a headfirst crash on the surface of Mars." The old cat described the scene of the disaster to Tang Yue, "At the moment of impact, a crater with a diameter of 1,000 kilometers was formed, and the high temperature and high pressure would melt the desert into glass in a radius of hundreds of square kilometers. ”
"A minute after the impact, huge amounts of energy traveled along the surface and air, causing powerful global earthquakes and storms, red-hot air currents were accelerated to supersonic speeds, shock waves could circle Mars several times in a short period of time, and the entire atmospheric system was shaken.
Five minutes after the impact, huge amounts of material were thrown into the air and orbit, and dust particles were swept up by the storm, enveloping the entire Mars along the air current, and the world would not see the light of day for a long time to come. The orbit will have an extra halo of rubble, which will not be stable and will gradually fall into the Martian atmosphere over the next hundred years.
The intensity of the impact was so great that Mars' rotation speed would increase, and even the Earth's axis would deviate slightly from its original direction. ”
The old cat's voice was very low, and the speed of speech was very slow, and it described the scene of the destruction of the world, and this is nothing, the divine punishment of the emperor in the religious story is nothing.
A scene that can't be seen in a disaster movie can actually happen in real life.
The reality is that the drama is even more absurd.
"You said the whole of Mars would be covered in smoke?" Tang Yue asked.
"Yes." The old cat replied, "It is conservatively estimated that trillions of tons of sand and dust will be swept up by the storm, and this dust storm will be much more terrifying, and then the whole of Mars will not see the sun." ”
"Aren't we going to die too?" Tang Yue sighed, "There's no point in hiding, even if we can dodge the impact, there is no sunlight, and there is no energy at Kunlun Station." ”
Tang Yue saw the power of this universe, and with this, the human power was too small, and he couldn't do anything but watch it happen.
At this time, Tang Yue remembered the good fortune of Superman, although the little curly-haired Kryptonite was not very authentic, and his mother-in-law was still indecisive, but he had the power to resist nature, he could fly into space to push away the comet, and when the whole world was helpless and waiting to die, they still had someone to count on.
It's a pity that Superman only lives in the DC Universe.
In a world without superheroes, how can people save themselves?
"Mr. Cat, Tang Yue, here is the last part of the history of philosophy......" Mai Dong appeared in the communication video, "What's wrong with you?" What's wrong? ”