Venus's current speed is 35 kilometers per second, while Ceres' speed is about 29 kilometers. Seventy thousand kilometers, which is less than 3 hours and 15 minutes. At this historical moment, everyone is waiting quietly for the next spectacle to happen. However, given the gravitational pull between the planets, it may not take more than 3 hours!
At this time, the President of the United States also suddenly realized that this was only the first step. But this scares the U.S. government even more; such an orbit requires computing power that is a hundred times more difficult than that required for a direct collision!
"On July 30, 2066, Beijing time, at 17:32 minutes and 54 seconds, the distance between Ceres and Venus is exactly 70,000 kilometers. Now the two planets are affected by gravity, and the relative speed is increasing. According to calculations, about 2 hours In 40 minutes, the two planets will reach the closest distance.
Let us quietly welcome the wonderful moment! ”
In space, several adventure groups are constantly paying attention and sending information back to Earth as soon as possible. Although at the current distance, communication between the Earth and Venus requires about 3 minutes of communication time and light speed propagation time, it does not matter if you are not doing scientific research and are just observing. Anyway, it takes three minutes for light to reach the Earth from Venus, and three minutes for information; this is no different from real-time reporting. Of course, if you need to do scientific research, you have to go to the space around Venus and observe it up close.
Leaning over a telescope for hours on end is really not a good job, unless you are an astronomy enthusiast who loves space. Of course, like the President of the United States. There are not a few who have to observe. I looked up and looked around. They were all lying on the telescope with their buttocks raised.
At some point, the US President's shoulders began to tremble again. I don’t know what kind of stimulation I received this time. In response, Zhang Jingyuan smiled slightly, picked up the bottle and started drinking water. By the way, drinking water from a bottle would be like this on earth, in a high-end restaurant. It would make people laugh out loud; but here it is. If you use a cup to drink water, people will laugh at you.
"Dear friends, there are about forty minutes left, and a new miracle is about to happen. The planet captures the satellite. Such an astronomical event is unprecedented. Come and watch..." the expedition team reported. Of course it won't be as strict as news, where everyone just speaks. What Zhang Jingyuan is receiving here is the company's report, if other frequency bands are turned on. That's even more exciting.
A certain small adventure group all called out the Golden Wind and Jade Dew when they met, and some compared it to the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. How could it be so confusing? However, there is not much space exploration now. It can be said that adventure groups gather here on Venus, 90% of them are here. After all, how can you not pay attention to such a critical moment; if you miss this, it will be difficult to see the planet capture satellite again in the future!
Although the current plan is also planned by humans, such planning takes a long time and consumes a lot of resources. It is not necessary. Even if the master company is tied to China, it cannot have nothing to do every day and play planet collision every day.
This is absolutely precious first-hand information, and it will also play a vital role in future human studies of the starry sky, planets, etc. Science is a process of continuous accumulation; such critical data must be collected first-hand.
In addition, as the distance between the two planets approaches, the relative speed becomes faster and faster, so that at 19:50, the two planets reached the closest point, with a distance of only more than 8,000 kilometers. There is a huge road between the two planets. , the foggy pillars are the evaporated water vapor and condensed ice crystals of Ceres.
A light fog covered a radius of more than 100,000 kilometers. In this area, an irregular space fog appeared, but it was very thin and did not affect the observation of changes in the planet.
The water vapor on the surface of Ceres is still evaporating, but it is constantly attracted by Venus. 90% of the water vapor spreads between the two planets, forming a planet with a maximum width of about 2,000 kilometers (Venus), a minimum width of 1,000 kilometers (Ceres), and a length of 8,000 kilometers. Kilometers of cloud pillars connect the two planets, making it a spectacular sight. The water vapor erupted from Ceres flows towards Venus like a waterfall, instead of erupting randomly like before.
Such a space wonder made everyone who observed it feel sincerely amazed, and some even screamed with joy.
Subsequently, the two planets began to pass each other, the fog pillars were slowly stretched and thinned, and a large amount of fog began to spread to the surrounding space. At this time, a large number of rifts had appeared on the surface of Ceres, and countless water vapor erupted from them. For a time, the area of tens of thousands of kilometers was filled with water vapor, and it was colorful under the sunlight.
Of course, such gravity also affects the surface of Venus. Venus is a typical thin-shelled planet, with a smaller diameter than the Earth. Its molten core is actually larger than the Earth's. The crust is simply a thin layer, not as strong as an egg shell. At this moment, as Ceres approached and then moved away, the side of the crust facing Ceres was torn apart in an instant, countless magma erupted, and flying sparks and dust rushed thousands of meters into the sky. In just ten minutes, within a radius of several hundred kilometers, it turned into a sea of lava.
Venus continued to move forward, and after Ceres passed Venus, its speed began to decrease at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then began to slowly accelerate in the direction of Venus. This was affected by the influence of gravity.
Gradually, the orbit of Ceres began to deviate significantly, and its core was no longer the sun, but Venus!
"Oh, oh, oh, we're getting closer. Although the distance between Ceres and Venus is increasing, the rate of increase has begun to slow down. According to calculations, at a distance of about 420,000 kilometers, Ceres will completely escape the sun's influence. Gravity, and then begins to move around Venus!
The master company succeeded!
China’s power of success!
We witnessed the birth of a miracle! ”
Cheers, cheers like waves, came from the spacecraft, and then spread quickly, infecting the entire China!
Although the last moment has not yet come and the result has not been finalized, the whole of China has begun to boil. From today on, humans cannot interfere in the history of the planet and it will become history! Humanity has shown with practical actions: We can also intervene in the evolution of the planet from the perspective of the planet! In the new era, mankind has once again turned a new page. The development of civilization, with the explosion of science and technology, is accelerating. Perhaps, it won’t be long before breaking out of the solar system will no longer be an empty slogan.
Subsequently, the speed of Ceres began to accelerate in the direction of Venus. Although the relative distance between the two was still increasing, the rate of increase began to slow down much, so that by the time it reached 350,000 kilometers, there was almost no change. At least the change is invisible to the naked eye. At this time, Ceres had completely broken away from its original orbit and began to circle along a new orbit - the center of the circle was Venus.
Massive amounts of water vapor permeate millions of kilometers of space, turning this place into an irregular, slightly elongated sea of clouds filled with tiny ice crystal fragments, making it beautiful. Under the sunlight, the ice crystals continue to evaporate; and these water vapors continue to crystallize against the cold background of the universe, over and over again, like a dream.
At this point, the entire miraculous process has gone through for nearly 30 hours. Some people, including the President of the United States, were stunned to observe it for 30 hours without closing their eyes. But by the time the President of the United States began to observe, half the time had passed. But staying awake for more than ten hours and concentrating on observing space, this kind of perseverance is beyond the reach of ordinary people. In fact, the President of the United States was extremely exhausted at this moment, but such a spectacular sight made him unable to calm down. It seems that at this moment, the President of the United States saw an insurmountable threshold between the two!
"Dad, I have been observing for more than 20 hours continuously!" Zhang Chengye is already somewhat calm at such a young age.
"Yes, you are a little hero!" Zhang Jingyuan smiled with satisfaction. Hope your child will become a dragon, so does everyone.
"Then Dad, you must remember the space shuttle you promised me. I will modify it myself!" "Don't worry, it's ready. It happens to be your birthday when you get back to the ground." (To be continued...)