The reason why Chen Muwu is so sought after by ordinary people around the world is not only because he discovered a new planet, but also because everyone wants to give this new planet a name.

As the discoverer of the planet, Chen Muwu has nearly 100% autonomy and choice in the naming of the planet.

More than two months have passed since October, when the Northumberland telescope was first used, and at the end of January, when he announced his results.

On the one hand, Chen Muwu wanted to use time to cover up the fact that he had known about the existence of this planet for a long time, and on the other hand, he also had his own thoughts and plans on the day of the announcement of the planet.

January 28, the day Chen Muwu went to Eddington with photos and orbital data, according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, it was the 23rd day of the lunar month of that year.

This day is the small year in northern customs, and the second day, it is the small year in southern customs.

Regardless of the north and south, the common custom of Chinese New Year's Eve is to sacrifice the stove, and to send the king of the stove, who has accompanied the whole family for a whole year, to "say good things from heaven".

In Chen Muwu's original plan, he wanted to name this planet Stove Wang, so he chose such a day.

It just so happens that in Roman mythology, there is also a god in charge of the fire, called Vesta.

In this way, not only does Vesta conform to the Chinese law of naming a certain king planet such as Uranus and Neptune, but Vesta also conforms to the Western law of naming planets in the name of Roman gods.

Wouldn't it be beautiful to kill two birds with one stone?

On the night at the Greenwich Observatory, before Chen Muwu could come up with his idea, Eddington also raised the question of how to name the planet.

"Chen, although the naming of this planet is yours, I think you must also regard this planet as your own child. So when it comes to choosing a name, it is likely to vacillate and hesitate.

"I thought, could we put out a call for names to the world? This will further promote astronomy, and the second will be that people will brainstorm ideas and maybe find a good name. Anyway, the final decision and choice are also in your hands. ”

Eddington's promotion of astronomy is false, and the Cambridge University Observatory is the real one who advertises to the world the discovery of this new planet.

Guarding an old and broken small telescope, he has not been able to produce any important scientific research for more than ten years.

Now that there is finally a big discovery that has attracted worldwide attention, Eddington, as the director of the station, must take this opportunity to raise his eyebrows fiercely!

Chen Muwu is happy to give Eddington such a face, anyway, as he said, he has the final choice, so he inadvertently told Ye Gongchao the name and naming idea of Stove Wangxing, and asked him to write a letter to the observatory and nominate it!

So that night, Chen Muwu and Eddington also announced to the reporters at the press conference that the Cambridge University Observatory will hold a worldwide naming event for this new planet.

Although it is aimed at the whole world, in the minds of the British, the whole world is basically equal to "Europe + America".

That's why Eddington set a half-month deadline for this campaign.

Half a month is just enough time for a communication between Europe and the United States, but this time is not enough for even a one-way communication between Europe and Asia!

……

During the daylight the day after the press conference, Chen Muwu and Eddington took the train back to Cambridge.

Last Sunday evening, Chen Muwu went to the observatory to take the last set of photos.

On Monday, he took leave to sleep in his room for the day, then went to the observatory in the evening to find Eddington, and that night they decided to go to London the next day.

So all day on Tuesday, Chen Muwu still didn't show up in Cavendish Labs.

It wasn't until Wednesday morning that he was late.

took a day off, but missed more than two days of class for no reason, which made Chen Muwu's tutor Rutherford very unhappy.

Although Chen is indeed a genius and has indeed made a lot of inventions, these cannot become his proud capital.

Chen is still young and still very creative, and if he goes astray, it will not be good news for himself or for the future development of physics.

Rutherford felt that he had an obligation to beat him, and he couldn't let Chen Muwu fall like this.

So on Wednesday morning, as soon as Chen Muwu returned to the Cavendish laboratory, he was notified by someone else, and Rutherford called him to his office.

"Genius, it's been missing for the past two days, is there anything new to discover?"

Chen Muwu was surprised by Rutherford's unpredictable prophet, and he just imagined that Wang Baobao in "Thai Embarrassment" asked Xu Zheng when he gave Xu Zheng a mobile phone on the overpass, "How do you know, is Sir Eddington already telling you in advance?" But his teacher didn't give him that chance at all.

"Chen, do you think that you can get carried away and be fluttering after you have just made some achievements in physics?

"But don't forget, you're still young, you still have time and opportunities to achieve more.

"I will not cite your brother Bohr as an example, but take Einstein, who had a better relationship with you, who published five papers in 1905 and became famous in one fell swoop, didn't he still guard against arrogance and rashness and devote himself to the study of physics in a down-to-earth manner?

"But look at yourself, Chen, when was your last paper published?"

"It was last December when Blackett and I found nuclear transmutation and oxygen-17 on a photographic negative in the cloud room, director."

"Not counting this, what was your last paper that you completed independently?"

Chen Muwu thought for a while and said, "That's the paper on the electron volatility published in the Annals of Physics last fall. ”

"Yes, you see, you haven't published a single paper in three or four months, which is obviously much worse than when you first came to Cavendish Lab, one paper a month or even two a month.

"As for the last time you went into the lab to do an experiment, it was the visible light refraction you did in the summer, right?"

Chen Muwu complained in his heart, it was clear that I was using the vacuum pump that did not meet the vacuum level to do a failed electron diffraction experiment, but he still couldn't find a chance to interject.

"Your current academic attitude is very improper, and I am very dissatisfied! Get back and hurry up, I'm going to see a new paper you wrote before the end of February! ”

Rutherford's loud admonition finally came to an end, but as soon as he stopped, he heard a buzzing voice coming from outside his office door.

"James!" Rutherford frowned, his big voice ringing out again, "What the hell is going on out there?" One by one, they don't do experiments, what are they making noise in the laboratory? ”

"Lord, director," Chadwick, who was called, pushed the door in, and he suddenly found Chen Muwu also standing in Rutherford's office, so he pointed to Chen Muwu beside him and continued, "I just sent today's "Times" to say that he, he ......"

"What's wrong with him?"

"Sir, he just discovered the ninth planet of the solar system! Chen, is that the person mentioned in this newspaper you? ”

Chadwick exclaimed.

Chen Muwu smiled and nodded.

Chen Muwu and Eddington took the first train this morning from London to Cambridge.

The Times, published today and ready for sale in Cambridgeshire, was also on the morning train.

After getting off the bus, Chen and Ai went directly to their own places, and those newspapers had to go through various procedures such as sorting and delivery before they could finally be delivered to the subscribers.

So there was a clear time lag between when Chen Muwu entered Cavendish and when the newspaper was delivered to the laboratory.

It was also during this time that Chen Muwu was scolded by Rutherford, who did not understand the situation.

After reading the news in the newspaper, Rutherford, who had made a big oolong, made a big red face, and he was embarrassed to say sorry to Chen Muwu: "Chen, I didn't expect you to make such a big move quietly."

"But why did you go to astronomy again, or because you didn't have the money to buy a vacuum pump? Didn't that Frenchman promise to buy you an instrument? ”

Chen Muwu smiled and did not continue the topic.

However, he remembered Rutherford's previous words, so he said half-jokingly: "Director, this paper on planets will probably be published in March, so do I need to write another paper before the end of February?" ”

"Alas, you, you, you can always surprise people, but before you surprise people next time, can you give me a notice in advance?"

Rutherford let out a long sigh, holding his forehead with one hand, and waving the other, signaling that Chen Muwu could leave his office.

Leaving the office, Chen Muwu was harassed even more when he came to the laboratory, and the first to bear the brunt was Kapitsa, who claimed to be "Chen Muwu's best friend in Cambridge".

Capitsa, who had had a good time in the Alps, had already returned to Cavendish from the European continent to continue studying his magnetic field, cloud chambers, and alpha particles in front of the experimental bench.

He happily rushed to Chen Muwu's side and touched Chen Muwu's arm with his elbow: "Chen, isn't it cool to let the crocodile eat a deflated one?" Just upstairs, he reprimanded you loudly, and we listened to it all below, and then in the newspaper that was delivered today, we read the big news you made.

"No wonder Paul said you came home late every night, I thought you had a girlfriend, it turned out that you went to the observatory to see the stars!"

The KBC trio added a fifth member some time ago.

Dirac in the Department of Mathematics, because his mentor Fowler's office was in the Cavendish laboratory, so after Fowler returned from a business trip to Europe, Dirac gradually came to the Cavendish laboratory more often.

Chen Muwu's roommate was naturally regarded as his little brother by Kapitsa, plus Fowler recommended a lot of books and papers on quantum theory to Dirac, and Chen Muwu occasionally went to the observatory to see the stars and did not go home, so taking the opportunity to ask questions, Dirac gradually passively integrated into their small group.

Everyone in the laboratory was like Kapitsa, temporarily put down their work, and stepped forward to surround Chen Muwu, asking him and his discovered planet X.

Chen Muwu suddenly felt that it was not appropriate to stay in Cavendish today's laboratory for a long time, and if he continued to cause chaos again, maybe Rutherford would come out again to find trouble for him.

So he anointed the soles of his feet, and the wind howled.

As soon as he left the laboratory, he didn't walk a few steps along the Kang River, and Chen Muwu saw Ye Gongchao coming towards him.

Did he come to him because he read the newspaper?

The fact is just as Chen Muwu guessed, Ye Gongchao not only read the newspaper, but also took the time to fry a plate of peanuts in the public kitchen of the dormitory, brought it over as a drink, and said that he would ask Chen Muwu for a drink.

Of course, Chen Muwu would not make an exception because of this incident, he turned around and led Ye Gongchao into the Eagle Bar, ordered him a pint of beer, and himself was a glass of soda as usual.

Although he saw Coca-Cola with glass bottles for sale in the bar, Chen Muwu didn't dare to order it, he remembered that there seemed to be cocaine in the early Coca-Cola, or was it something else?

"Brother Hanchen, this new planet you discovered can be regarded as a real show of face to our people!

"Little brother, since the last time I had a fight with someone in the alley, this breath in my heart has not come smoothly.

"Today, on the front page of the newspaper, I saw this big discovery of yours, and I suddenly understood one thing. In the past, I was very deliberately Westernized in my dress, hoping to get closer to foreigners and increase the sense of intimacy. But now that I think about it, these are all useless work, and there will always be a day when the original form is revealed.

"But if our country could have a few more talents like you, perhaps in the future I would be able to walk on the busiest streets of London, even in my robes and waistcoats, or even in rags, I would be able to straighten my back proudly.

"Brother Hanchen, you are really competitive this time, and you also let our compatriots show a big face in front of foreigners! This glass of wine is toast to you, I'm done! ”

After that, Ye Gongchao picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Chen Muwu couldn't say anything, so he could only caress Ye Gongchao's back with his palm, hoping that he could calm down his excitement.

He briefly introduced his idea of naming this planet "Stove King" to Ye Gongchao.

Unexpectedly, after listening to it, Ye Gongchao shook his head for a while: "Brother Hanchen, I don't think this name is appropriate." Although your star was indeed discovered on Chinese New Year's Eve, the name 'Stove King' always makes me feel a little family.

"Although you said that Vesta is also a metaphor for Vesta in Roman mythology, I still don't think there is any need to be so accommodating to foreigners, after all, you are the discoverer of this planet.

"If you want me to say, simply call this planet 'China', as long as others mention this name in the future, they will be able to think of your brother and our country.

"I remember, as if there was a French scientist Madame Currie, did she name the new element she had discovered after her own country, Poland?

"At that time, Poland was occupied by the invasion of Tsarist Russia, and in this way she did not forget her country.

"And now although our people have overthrown the Manchu Qing Dynasty and achieved a republic, there are still many foreign devils wreaking havoc on the land, such as Quarrel, Shewan, Ryukyu, and Fugang, and a large area of the country has fallen. This is as good as that moment. ”

"Although there are nine planets in the solar system, only one is named after a country, this country is not Britain, not France, not Germany or the United States, but my brilliant China, no ancients, no one after, isn't it beautiful, majestic?"

Ye Gongchao's proposal entered Chen Muwu's heart, and even at the beginning, the first name he thought of was Zhonghua.

Moreover, in the original time and space, the first asteroid discovered by the Chinese was also named China.

It's just that Chen Muwu still knows that Pluto has been named the nine planets for less than a century, and when he was in elementary school, the news that Pluto was demoted and the nine planets returned to the eight planets was often broadcast on TV.

Planet X, which will be downgraded to a dwarf planet in the future, will it become a laughing stock for others when the time comes?

Around the years when Pluto was downgraded, it was when the Internet was flooded with public knowledge, and Chen Muwu didn't want to be ridiculed by those little guys because of this incident.

He himself was ridiculed for a small matter, but the country was ridiculed for a big matter.

This is a question he has to ponder.

So Chen Muwu told Ye Gongchao that the Cambridge University Observatory was recently carrying out a naming campaign around the world for the name of the planet, and he could write his thoughts into a letter and send it to the observatory.

And after this drinking party ended, Chen Muwu, who finally returned to his room after a few days of running, crouched in front of the square table in the room, revising the Pluto orbit paper that he had already written.

He added a paragraph at the end of the paper, pointing out that Pluto's orbital inclination is large and that its orbit crosses Neptune's, and it is debatable whether it can be defined as a planet.

Ye Gongchao's words obviously moved Chen Muwu, so he added such an ending to the paper, which should be a prophecy.

In order to tell future generations that he did not find a dwarf planet by chance and treat him as a planet, but had long anticipated that the planet might be downgraded.

He can only do it to this extent now, and as for how to over-interpret it in later generations, there is really nothing he can do, and he can't control it so much.

(End of chapter)