As soon as the captured asteroid was transported back to the huge "Zheng He", science, which had been impatient for a long time, immediately dissected and tested the asteroid in various ways.

Radioactive materials in dirt and rocks can tell scientists how old they are; The composition of soil and rocks can be deduced from the cause and time of its formation; The structure of the elemental substance and the substance formed can be inferred from its life experience......

"This is an asteroid only 3.3 billion years old, it was supposed to be part of a massive planet, some kind of big impact smashed it out, it seems that astronomers deduced that in the early days of the solar system, this asteroid belt should really have a massive planet, but then I don't know why it was crushed!"

Based on the captured asteroids, scientists deduced that they should have been massive planets in the asteroid belt before, but they were later crushed by unknown reasons and became the current asteroid ring.

The power of science is so great that it is possible to deduce what happened billions of years ago based on something, and the asteroids of the asteroid belt play a very important role in the study of the formation and development of the solar system, which is why this scientific expedition is investigating the asteroid belt.

The first is to evaluate and count the resources of the asteroid belt, and the other is to study the history of the formation and development of the solar system through the study of meteorites and asteroids in the asteroid belt.

The asteroid that has been unloaded into eight pieces has been sent into the furnace by scientists, this asteroid containing a lot of metals is a valuable metal resource, and the resources consumed are not a small amount when they walk everywhere on the moon, just enough that these metal resources can be replenished, and a large amount of metal can be stored.

"Continue to hunt asteroids, it is best to find an all-diamond one, and everyone will have a gift when they return to Earth!" The scientists screamed.

Fly all the way, catch different types of asteroids and meteorites along the way, study these asteroids and meteorites, constantly evaluate the distribution of resources in the asteroid belt, and study the history of the solar system.

"Didi~" Ying Bainian, who was in charge of monitoring the surrounding planetary celestial bodies, knew when he heard this sound that the probe must have discovered some large celestial body again, and hurriedly looked over.

"It's Ceres!" As soon as you compare the discovered planet with all the known planets, you will immediately know that this asteroid is Ceres.

Ceres is the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system and the only one located in the asteroid belt. Discovered by the Italian astronomer Piazzi and published on January 1, 1801. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union redefined Ceres as a dwarf planet, and Ceres was once considered the largest known asteroid in the solar system.

To put it simply, the identity of this Ceres has been controversial internationally, just like Pluto, it was initially positioned as the same status as the eight planets, and later with the understanding of the universe, it was downgraded to a dwarf planet.

Ceres was initially considered the largest asteroid, but as it was studied further, astronomers upgraded it to a dwarf planet sequence, on the same level as Pluto.

"Discover Ceres, discover Ceres!"

In the dreary spaceship, detonated by this news!

Ceres is one of the main targets of this scientific expedition, as the largest asteroid ever discovered in the asteroid belt, and is even positioned as a dwarf planet by the latest astronomical international conference, because it is basically circular and has a stable orbit around the sun, but it does not empty other asteroids in its orbit.

The most important thing is that Ceres is not only the largest star in the asteroid belt, but more importantly, according to previous observations, there should be a large amount of water resources on Ceres.

Another important purpose is to find out what the mysterious white bright spot on Ceres is!

"Ceres is now moving at 16 kilometers per second, with an orbital radius of 412 million kilometers, and is in a state of decline, with a slight increase in speed!"

"Currently 4239 km from Ceres!"

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"Finally found Ceres, I thought it was hiding in that hole!" Jiang Zhipeng, who got the news, hurried over, Ceres is one of the important targets of this scientific expedition, but it has been more than ten days since the asteroid belt was conducted, but no trace of it has been found, and he is really a master of playing hide and seek.

"Don't talk about this Ceres, it was first deduced by scientists with a formula, and then scientists focused on observing the asteroid belt before discovering it!" Speaking of the stories of these planets in the solar system, Ying Baibai, who has studied astronomy, naturally knows very well.

"Oh, and there are stories like this? Tell me about it! Jiang Zhipeng was interested when he heard it.

"yes, it's boring anyway, let's listen to relieve boredom!" Everyone else is also interested, and there is really not much to do in this space, especially when flying, listening to stories is also a good way to relieve boredom.

In 1766, there was a man named Johann ? When Titius's secondary school teacher was studying a set of numbers, he found that each of these numbers had a certain connection with the ratio of the distance from the six planets (i.e., Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) to the Sun (the distance from the Earth to the Sun was set at one astronomical unit).

Titius's friend, the astronomer Boder, was well aware of the significance of this discovery, and published this discovery of Titius in 1772, which has since attracted great attention from scientists; It is also known as Titius-Bode's law, which is the average distance between the planets of the solar system and the sun.

At that time, Uranus and Neptune had not yet been discovered, and Saturn was thought to be the farthest planet from the Sun.

In 1781, the British-German Herschel discovered Uranus at a position close to 19.6 astronomical units (the eighth term in the sequence), and since then people have believed in this rule.

According to this rule, in the position of the fifth term of the series, 2.8, which is the asteroid belt where we are now, should also correspond to a planet, but it has not yet been discovered. As a result, many astronomers and astronomy enthusiasts embarked on a journey to find this new planet with great enthusiasm.

On the night of the New Year of 1801, the Italian priest Giuseppe? Piazzi was still intently observing the starry sky. Suddenly, he spotted a very small star in his telescope, exactly at position 2.8 of Titius-Bod's rule. The planet is constantly changing positions over a period of several days.

However, when Piazzi tried to look further at the asteroid, he fell ill, and when he recovered and tried to look for the asteroid, it was nowhere to be found, and Piazzi did not give up this opportunity, believing that it might be the planet that people had not discovered.

Astronomers have different opinions about Piazzi's discovery. Some people think that Piazzi was right; Some people believe that it may be a comet, and there are many theories about this planet, and there is a lot of discussion in the astronomical community.

Months passed, and the controversy was not clear. However, this controversy attracted the attention of the German mathematician Gauss. Gauss wondered if astronomers could not find Ceres by observation, could they find it mathematically? Many astronomers dismiss Gauss's suggestion.

Astronomers can't find Ceres, so can Gauss still be able to figure it out? Friends also advised him not to waste his time and talents on this hopeless issue.

The young Gauss, however, had his own opinions. He believed that astronomy was inseparable from mathematics. It is impossible to be a great astronomer without a strong knowledge of mathematics. This is exactly the case in the history of astronomy. It was with his mathematical talent that Kepler discovered the three laws of planetary motion; Newton also discovered the law of gravitation with his profound mathematical knowledge.

On the night of December 31, 1801, the German astronomer Obers, in the time predicted by Gauss, aimed a telescope at the sky. As expected, Ceres miraculously appeared again!

Gauss's method of calculation succeeded. The planet that Gauss found on the tip of his pen became mankind's best New Year's gift after a whole year of hiding, a gift that showed people the enormous role of mathematics in scientific research.

As the story of how Ceres was discovered was slowly told, the young scientists bowed their heads and pondered!

"Compared with the persistence and persistence of the previous scientists, I think we are still too impetuous!" Jiang Zhipeng thought for a long time and said what everyone thought.

This group of scientists of Qingquan Technology has now made incomparably brilliant achievements, but all of them are based on the various auxiliary tools provided by Liu Qingquan, cultivating Yuan Li to improve everyone's brain development, so that everyone can better understand the problems encountered in scientific exploration.

Provide advanced scientific research instruments and advanced theories and methods, so that everyone can avoid countless detours, but all this has also caused this group of young scientists of Qingquan Technology to be more impetuous, without the persistence and persistence of their predecessors.

It is conceivable that if the group of people of Qingquan Technology is put into the historical conditions of their predecessors, they will definitely not be able to study a thing for decades or even a lifetime like the predecessors of scientists.

Although taking the road of shortcuts has created the brilliance of Qingquan science and technology, but also let everyone slowly lose the quality of perseverance and persistence that scientists should have, which is not beneficial to the development of science and technology in the future.

Hearing Jiang Zhipeng's emotion, the scientists of Qingquan Science and Technology who are far away on the earth are also deeply contemplative, and everyone usually encounters problems and difficulties, and they will habitually rely on Liu Qingquan, instead of sinking down and studying wholeheartedly!

"It seems that we will have to make everyone suffer more in the future!" Liu Qingquan muttered in his heart when he found out. (To be continued.) )