Chapter 361 Ganymede: Damn!
If there was a rocket that was launched on May 27th and headed for a mission to Jupiter.
So by May 31, it should still be near the Earth or just leave the Earth's orbit, undergoing the early stage of deep space transfer.
It usually takes years, not days, for a spacecraft launched from Earth to reach Jupiter.
Therefore, it is impossible for the spacecraft to approach Jupiter in just a few days after launch.
In fact, the spacecraft may be performing some key operations during this time, such as performing orbit correction maneuvers to ensure that it can correctly proceed to Jupiter along its intended path.
So when Chen Yun remembered this spacecraft that was launched not long ago, and his consciousness went out of his body to the beyond-the-horizon orientation sensing token it carried.
It didn't go very far.
Human science and technology has not reached a very high level, at least it is far from being able to move and stop like Chen Yun without inertia, and can propel himself out of thin air from all angles.
After Chen Yun’s consciousness arrived here.
Naturally, I couldn't stand such a slow flight.
So.
He decided to speed up the spacecraft directly.
The scale of the universe determines one thing, that is, he does not need to consider wandering around in the universe before pointing out his space ability.
After all, the speed of light is not enough to travel through the universe.
How dare you run around if you don't have space capabilities?
However, this does not include operating only within the solar system.
The distance between the Earth and Jupiter is indeed far enough.
The distance between the Earth and Jupiter is not fixed, because both are moving in elliptical orbits around the sun, so the relative distance between them changes with time. But generally speaking, the average distance between the Earth and Jupiter is about 780 million kilometers.
Although this is far enough away, it is nothing in the face of the vast scale of the universe.
For Chen Yun.
If he accelerates the beyond-visual-range azimuth perception token from his usual mental stance, it will only take dozens of days or even less time, compared to a spacecraft that takes several years to slowly adjust its flight attitude. But much faster.
Because the twenty times the speed of sound often used on earth is far from Chen Yun's limit.
If he wanted to, he only needed to sprint a certain distance to get faster in the almost vacuum space environment.
At this moment, Chen Yun did exactly that.
The main body is sitting cross-legged in an abandoned nuclear power plant in an island country, but his consciousness has already driven an iron ball-shaped token of beyond-visual-range orientation perception to the sea of stars.
Follow the guidance of Chen Yun’s consciousness.
The iron ball-shaped over-the-horizon orientation sensing token began to rotate slowly, as if it was accumulating power.
At this moment, the instruments inside the spacecraft did not detect any abnormalities, but the surface of the iron ball began to glow faintly.
It's like being surrounded by some mysterious power.
Immediately afterwards, the space around the iron ball seemed to be slightly distorted, spreading like ripples on the water.
This power does not come from some physical engine or chemical fuel, but from Chen Yun's incredible spiritual position.
The iron ball gradually separated from the spacecraft's fixture and slowly rose, as if being held up by invisible hands.
The spacecraft's monitoring equipment saw this scene, and the Earth command department behind it also discovered this.
But the relevant departments that had been taken over by the Dome Council immediately understood that Chen Yun's power was involved.
So they simply chose to ignore it.
And opened the door to the spacecraft.
When Chen Yun saw this, he gave up the idea of destroying the spacecraft and immediately sent the iron ball-shaped beyond-the-horizon orientation sensing token out through the gate.
After completely breaking away from the spacecraft, the iron ball is no longer subject to the speed limit of the spacecraft.
Chen Yun's spiritual stance is like a sharp blade cutting through the void in front of him, creating an unobstructed path for the iron ball.
certainly.
This is just an exaggerated description.
In fact, there are no obstacles that need to be cut and opened up.
The iron ball began to accelerate, and its speed increased rapidly.
From several times the speed of sound to more than ten times the speed of sound, and then to twenty times the speed of sound.
And this is not the limit.
Without the influence of external forces, an object will be at rest or moving in a straight line at a constant speed.
Therefore, without the influence of air resistance, the speed can be maintained without decreasing.
What's more, Chen Yun can continue to exert force?
This directly provides an acceleration to the iron ball-shaped over-the-horizon azimuth sensing token, which can continuously increase the speed of the iron ball almost unlimitedly.
At this ever-increasing speed.
There are no fancy special effects.
Don’t expect any spatial distortion around the iron ball. After all, the speed and mass of the iron ball are not yet high enough to have a “space-time tail”.
There is no need to expect that the iron ball will leave streaks of shining light wherever it passes. Under the frictional heating without air resistance, the iron ball has no conditions to become the brightest meteor in the night sky.
But even if it is simple and unpretentious.
The speed of the iron ball is also really continuing to increase.
It originally took more than two hundred days at a hundred times the speed of sound, but now it has been greatly shortened.
The seemingly insurmountable distance between the Earth and Jupiter became insignificant from Chen Yun's spiritual standpoint.
The journey that originally took several years now seems to take place in just a moment.
Almost three hours passed.
Chen Yun, who unscrupulously accelerated to the realm of ten thousand times the speed of sound, had already entered the gravitational range of Jupiter.
There are some misconceptions that need to be clarified about the extent of Jupiter's gravity.
As the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter does have a strong gravitational pull, but this does not mean that it has a specific "gravity range" or "gravity" as described in some non-scientific articles. radius".
In fact, the gravitational influence of celestial bodies is infinite, but as the distance increases, the intensity of gravity will weaken rapidly.
According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, Jupiter's gravity will have infinite influence extending to the entire universe, but far away from Jupiter, this influence will become extremely weak.
So much so that without getting far away from Jupiter, its gravity can be ignored in practical applications.
Although Jupiter has a gravitational influence on some small bodies in the solar system, such as comets or asteroids, these effects are usually limited to the area around Jupiter, especially within Jupiter's Hill sphere.
Hill sphere refers to the area of space that a celestial body can effectively dominate in the gravitational field of its star.
For Jupiter, its Hill sphere radius is about 50 million kilometers, which means that within this distance, Jupiter's gravitational influence on other celestial bodies is greater than the gravitational influence of the sun.
However, this does not mean that Jupiter's gravitational influence is limited to this distance. Rather, it means that beyond this distance, the sun's gravity begins to dominate.
Therefore, the "gravity range" of Jupiter that Chen Yun arrived at this moment actually means entering the range of Jupiter's Hill sphere.
There is only about 50 million kilometers left to the destination Jupiter.
Here.
Chen Yun stepped on the brakes.
It is not about braking immediately, but applying appropriate force in the opposite direction to slow down.
At the same time, the direction is changed.
Compared to going straight to the uninteresting place on Jupiter, Chen Yun prefers to go straight to Ganymede.
Everyone knows. Jupiter is a large gaseous planet.
Although there is liquid hydrogen and a core of high temperature and high pressure inside, most areas are still filled with endless storms.
Compare here.
Ganymede appears more attractive.
This is the largest satellite in the solar system and has always been one of the focuses of the scientific community.
The surface of Ganymede is covered with thick layers of ice, and beneath these layers of ice there may be a huge ocean of liquid water.
The existence of this ocean may provide a potential habitat for life. In addition, Ganymede's atmosphere, although thin, still contains oxygen, which further increases the possibility of habitability.
What makes Ganymede unique is its complex internal structure, especially because scientists have long suspected that there may be life in its internal ocean.
This makes Chen Yun's interest in Ganymede far exceed that of Jupiter itself.
So after Chen Yun adjusted his direction, the iron ball-shaped token of over-the-horizon azimuth sensing rushed towards Ganymede.
And now that it has reached the gravitational range of Jupiter.
Of course it’s not far from Ganymede.
Chen Yun, who did not continue to slow down, continued to move forward at a still relatively fast speed.
Almost half an hour later.
As the distance shortens, the face of Ganymede gradually becomes clearer.
Huge ice sheets, rift valleys and impact craters make up this moon's unique landscape.
Chen Yun’s consciousness felt the coldness and silence on the surface of Ganymede through the token.
Because it has not yet entered the 10,000-meter sensing range, more details are not clear. We can only roughly judge the slightly dead atmosphere from the optical information it emits.
Soon after, the iron ball entered the orbit of Ganymede.
The whole process does not require slow and steady adjustment of speed and angle to enter orbit like other spacecraft landing on the moon.
Chen Yun's main skill is to hit it in one go.
Ganymede's gravity is about 0.15 times that of Earth.
Although it was not too big, it still started to drag and affect the iron ball.
Chen Yun did not resist this gravitational influence.
In fact, he is also preparing to land on Ganymede.
So the continuous acceleration of the spiritual position is released, and the gravity of Ganymede is allowed to fall to the ground with the acceleration of gravity.
Although Chen Yun did not speed up anymore, he just used his spiritual stance to protect the iron ball from damage.
But the speed he maintained before was also extremely fast.
Chen Yun didn't care at all about this.
This is not the earth, so there is no need to consider whether the size of your movements will have any impact.
And this iron ball with a radius of just over one meter, even if it is still traveling at a speed of over Mach 60 at this moment, cannot directly destroy Ganymede, which has twice the mass of the moon and 3.5 times the volume of the moon.
That’s it.
The iron ball fell to the ground at an extremely high speed under the gravitational pull of Ganymede.
Although Ganymede's atmosphere is thin, it still produces obvious friction effects under high-speed impact.
A blazing fireball formed around the iron ball, lighting up the surrounding dark space, like a small meteor streaking through the night sky.
As the height decreases, the air around the iron ball becomes denser and denser, and the heat generated by friction becomes higher and higher.
Despite this, Chen Yun's spiritual stance remains indestructible, protecting the iron ball from any impact of high temperature and high pressure.
Even if the temperature on the surface of the iron ball rose rapidly, it did not affect its internal stability or Chen Yun's consciousness at all.
Finally, the iron ball broke through the atmosphere.
It hit the surface of Ganymede directly.
The huge impact echoed on the silent ice field, deafening.
The speed of the iron ball did not fall too much. It hit the ice at a speed of more than Mach 60, instantly creating a huge impact crater.
Ice shards flew everywhere.
The fragments floated in the air like snowflakes, and before they had time to fall back to the surrounding ground, they were instantly melted by the high temperature generated by the fall.
Then the water vapor was carried away by the shock wave and hurricane.
Because the ice formed here for countless years is hard enough.
So the diameter of the impact crater is only about a hundred meters, and the depth is almost tens of meters.
The surrounding ice surface was shaken and cracked with countless tiny cracks, forming an intricate network structure.
The shock caused by the impact spread to an area several kilometers in radius, and some smaller ice blocks and rocks were shaken and rolled around.
Chen Yun's consciousness also felt the impact of the impact through the iron ball, but he did not feel any discomfort.
On the contrary, this intense sensory experience made him even more excited.
He knew that although the impact caused huge damage, it was only an insignificant event for Ganymede as a whole.
Although the iron ball is very fast.
However, considering the insufficient mass and volume, there is naturally no way to have much impact on the entire Ganymede.
Of course.
Although the impact is not big, if Ganymede was conscious, it would probably still say: Damn it!
But Chen Yun doesn't care about this.
Except for the time he went to the moon, this was almost the first time he went to another planet. Even though this time it was just an out-of-body experience, he was still quite excited about it.
As the iron ball stopped steadily at the bottom of the impact crater, the surrounding ice surface gradually returned to calm.
Chen Yun immediately controlled the iron ball and went out to explore.
There is no detection equipment on the iron ball, it is just a solid iron ball.
However, with the aid of undiminished mental power, the detection results Chen Yun can obtain will only be better than any detection equipment.
As the mind stance begins a detailed scan of the surrounding environment.
He first examined the interior structure of the impact crater and found some interesting geological features, such as cracks under the ice and possible traces of groundwater.
Then Chen Yun controlled the iron ball to rise slowly and left the impact crater.
Continue exploration on the surface of Ganymede.
The iron ball moved slowly on the ice sheet. Chen Yun's consciousness felt every detail of Ganymede's surface, and it slowly and continuously moved to expand the perceptible range.
He noticed that there are many ancient impact craters and rift valleys on this ice sheet. These geological features record Ganymede's long history.
Chen Yun's heart was full of curiosity.
This is probably the farthest he has ever gone out.
Under this mysterious ice sheet, there may be rich resources and signs of life hidden.
Although he is not a scientist.
But I am still quite concerned about whether there are aliens.
(End of this chapter)