cosmic hegemony

Chapter 211, Ceres

Chapter 211, Ceres
Since Ceres, who loves to play hide-and-seek, was discovered, the astronomers on the "Ocean" have been staring at it. At the same time, the huge scientific research spacecraft is also flying towards Ceres at high speed. The distance now seems to be very far away, but At the speed of the spaceship, it doesn't take too long.

However, scientists can’t stay idle. Using various scientific instruments, they have already begun to conduct various observations and measurements on Ceres. , while scientists are studying newly captured images.

In the huge hall of the "Ocean" scientific research center, Li Fu, Chen Bin, Liu Shiying, Liu Yi, Tang Boyuan, Dong Zhifei and other hundreds of scientists are currently surrounding the center, where a huge virtual 3D stereoscopic image is slowly rotation, the image is a very common star image in the universe.

"Compared to the earth, Ceres is too small. Its surface gravitational acceleration is only 0.27, which is not at the same level as our earth's 9.8!"

"The escape velocity of Ceres is only 510 meters per second, that is to say, if you shoot a bullet into the sky with a rifle on Ceres, this bullet can escape gravity and become a satellite of Ceres."

Tang Boyuan used easy-to-understand words to analyze the data of Ceres for everyone present. There are many types of scientists here, and there are not many people who really understand astronomy. understand.

"Ceres has a diameter of 950 kilometers. If it is counted in the asteroid, it is undoubtedly a giant, but if it is placed in the sequence of planets, it is a dwarf, so that it has won the title of dwarf planet."

"The mass of Ceres is 9.5 million tons, the mass of the moon is 7349 billion tons, and the mass of Ceres is only 1/773 of the moon, but according to the information we have now, 40% of the mass on Ceres should be water, and That is to say, Ceres contains 3.8 million million tons of water!"

"What is the concept of 3.8 million tons of water? Let's simply convert the weight of water into volume. One cubic meter of water is one ton. There are 3.8 million cubic meters of water on Ceres, which is equal to 0.38 million cubic kilometers, which is equal to 3800 13 cubic kilometers, and we all know that the earth's water resources are 8600 billion cubic kilometers, of which freshwater resources are 3500 million cubic kilometers, so the water content of a planet Ceres is less than the total freshwater resources of the earth. More."

"Great!"

When hearing this, all the scientists present and those far away from the earth couldn't help admiring that the water resources of Ceres are even more than the fresh water resources of the earth, which is of great significance to the future space development of human beings. Meaning, everything else is easy to say when there is water.

"Haven't we always been worried that there are not enough water resources on Mars? If we can transport the water resources on Ceres to Mars, the water resources needed to transform Mars will be enough."

The other scientists nodded after hearing this. The transformation of Mars, which seemed impossible to complete, has basically taken shape now. It seems that Huaxia's official decision to transform Mars for immigration is not nonsense, and it is still feasible to a certain extent.

"After everyone understands the basic information about Ceres, I'll show you something that will arouse your interest!"

Dong Zhifei smiled mysteriously, and then the virtual machine on his wrist issued an order, and there were some white spots on the slowly rotating image of Ceres.

"Everyone, please see that in the northern hemisphere of Ceres, we photographed a white bright spot in a crater. Through the observation of a large space telescope, we found that it is actually composed of many small bright spots. What do you think?"

Everyone was attracted by the topic of winning a hundred years. There are countless white dots on a planet, and everyone is instantly refreshed. I have seen too many gray asteroids and meteorites, and I am interested in changing colors. up.

"I think these dazzling bright spots are caused by highly reflective substances reflecting sunlight. These substances may be ice. As you have said before, 40% of the mass of Ceres is water, and Ceres is a star. A bare star without an atmosphere is also a dead star without internal activity, so I think there is a high probability that it is ice."

Chen Bin thought for a while to put forward his point of view. His point of view has been supported by many scientists, and it is still very persuasive and scientifically based.

"I believe there are aliens, how about you?" Some people who usually love to joke also think of 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. If there are aliens, we will always discover some high-tech."

Tang Boyuan shook his head, expressing his helplessness for such jumping thinking people, and after discussing the white bright spots, he suddenly jumped to aliens, but it has to be said that science sometimes needs this kind of jumping thinking.

"I also think it's ice. It may be that the water produced by the impact of the comet has frozen at the bottom of the pit. The reflectivity of the ice is enough to make us look like white bright spots after space. And everyone, look at these white bright spots It is located in a crater, which supports what I just said, the water produced after the impact of the comet, and then freezes at low temperature into ice."

"I don't agree that it is ice. You can see that the surface of Ceres is generally gray and dark, but we have already confirmed that there is a lot of water on Ceres, which means that there may be ice directly under these dark surfaces. The dark gray color on the surface should be covered by cosmic dust in the long history."

"Since other places have been covered, why is it not here? So I don't think it's ice, it should be some kind of mineral crystals, such as quartz, which has a very high reflectivity!"

Some scientists shook their heads and objected to the idea of ​​ice, thinking that it was a mineral with a crystal structure.

"Huh? Could it be a lot of super big diamonds, haha, it seems that the gift we got back has been found!"

"My prayer is a diamond, what use is ice!"

"Why is Ceres so big and has so many craters, but there is more than one reflective material in that crater? And none of the other craters. Various phenomena show that this is not a coincidence, maybe it is some special ones. I think whether it is the diamonds that everyone is looking forward to, or aliens, or the most likely ice, we will know soon.”

Li Fu looked at the virtual image of Ceres, his eyes sparkled.

Because the reflectivity of this white area to light is so high that even with a large astronomical telescope, it is impossible to see clearly what this area is from a long distance.

In fact, Li Fu is more inclined to think that it is something left by aliens, something similar to a solar panel, if it is ice or other reflective minerals, etc., it should basically be used by the universe in the long history of Ceres. Dust matter should be covered.

Only this kind of scientific and technological things can be maintained if they are regularly maintained. Natural things will gradually cover a part of the surface in the long history, especially for bare stars like Ceres. A thick layer of cosmic dust material.

As for the discovery of things left by aliens, Li Fu knew from the super civilization seeds that such things are not uncommon in the universe, and there are too many similar things in the universe.

Some low-level civilizations were lucky enough to discover dilapidated space battleships, spaceships, etc. left behind by high-level civilizations, and the civilization technology developed rapidly, and soon became the overlord of one side. There are many such things.

Just like Li Fu himself, in fact, he was lucky enough to obtain the property of an alien civilization. In just a few years, people on earth have gradually left their home planet Earth and started to develop towards the starry sky and the universe.

Of course, there are also some examples where primitive people discovered visitors from outside the universe, but they couldn’t figure it out, so they could only worship these aliens as gods. According to legend, the Mayans and ancient Egyptians were inspired by aliens. Guidance, build some pyramids that science still can't unravel, it is said that they are used to send letters to ask for help from their home planet.

In any case, there are still many civilizations with such adventures in the universe. Although there is a difference in the level of science and technology for each civilization level, it is very likely that primitive people look at spaceships and do not know how to study them. But once civilization embarks on the road of science and technology, it can always slowly learn more advanced technology from it.

The "Ocean" spacecraft is rapidly approaching Ceres, and everything on Ceres has become more and more clear. Various unmanned probes, satellites, etc. have been thrown out long ago without money.

"My God! It's impossible."

Dong Zhifei and Tang Boyuan were studying the newly collected information about Ceres twice at this time. There was a very large astronomical telescope on the spacecraft, and its resolution was more than one level stronger than that of Hubble. At this time, it was very close to Ceres, so Everything on Ceres can already be seen clearly.

Dong Zhifei's mouth was wide open and his eyes were wide open, because just now, when he observed the mysterious white bright spot on Ceres again, he discovered a very terrifying fact.

"What's the matter, yelling like this?"

Tang Boyuan on the side didn't know why, and was taken aback by Dong Zhifei's sudden actions.

"Bo Yuan, look here, it's really scary!"

Dong Zhifei immediately played the mysterious white area on Ceres, and as the image analyzer filtered out the dazzling white light, a brand new world appeared in the vision of the two.

"Damn, this... this"

When Tang Boyuan took a closer look, he was immediately dumbfounded, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Don't say anything about this, I'll report it to Brother Fu immediately."

Tang Boyuan's brain began to think quickly, and then he said to Dong Zhifei that he was floating lightly to other areas of the spaceship, and was going to find Li Fu to report the situation. This matter is really too important.

"I know."

Dong Zhifei nodded solemnly. After staying in Fuyun Group Science Research Institute for a long time, both of them knew that the company's confidentiality regulations in terms of technology are very strict, and all confidential things must not be leaked, so here Together, the two immediately thought of blocking the news and keeping it secret.

In the gymnasium of the "Ocean", Li Fu is sweating profusely at this time. Although as a practitioner of Yuanli, Li Fu does not need to go to the gym every year to maintain the calcium in his bones, but everyone is exercising. If you don't exercise, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of other people, especially from the official Chinese scientists.

So every day, although the scientists of the Fuyun Group have already started to practice Yuanli method, they basically spend three to four hours a day on exercise.

"Brother Fu, please come with me, I have something important to report to you."

Tang Boyuan came to Li Fu 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 and have a look together."

Soon, Li Fu knew the detailed information, raised his eyebrows, nodded, finished his training, and walked lightly towards the astronomical research center on the spaceship with Tang Boyuan.

The "Ocean" Cosmic Astronomy Center is indispensable for navigating in the universe, and there must be enough good cosmic astronomers, otherwise, in the vast universe, if If you don't know how to identify the direction and look for the star path, you will definitely get lost in the vast universe.

If you just look at the starry universe with the naked eye, everything is the same everywhere, and you can’t see anything at all. To navigate in the interstellar universe, you must have a star map, and determine your position according to the position of the neutron star in the universe. Don't lose your way.

Of course, for now, navigating in the solar system is naturally not that complicated, but the help of astronomers is still indispensable, because if you make good use of the gravity of massive planets as much as possible to obtain greater speed and reduce your own energy consumption, which is also very important for navigation in the solar system.

The "Ocean" spacecraft is a scientific investigation spacecraft, carrying a variety of advanced scientific research equipment, and the astronomical research center is also here, with super-large astronomical telescopes, supercomputers, gravitational mirrors, and instruments for studying distance changes. Red and blue shift equipment, etc., are the most advanced scientific research instruments.

"Tell me the details."

As soon as Li Fu arrived, he immediately spoke to Dong Zhifei in a hurry, looking rather anxious.

PS: Quack, I woke up to type again in the morning, and I still have to go out as a guest today, asking for tickets.All kinds of requests!

(End of this chapter)

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