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Chapter 479 Pallas Star

"Immediately launch a probe to this asteroid, and immediately analyze the data we have before human civilization to confirm the data of this asteroid. After all, there are not many asteroids with a volume of more than 200 kilometers in the entire asteroid belt. , so based on previous data, the identity of this asteroid should be confirmed." Wang Wei immediately ordered after hearing the confirmation from the radar soldiers.

After about four or five hours, Wang Wei finally heard another report from the radar soldiers.

"Report to the captain! The probe has arrived at the predetermined location and sent back the data. The diameter of this asteroid is 570*525*500 kilometers, and the eccentricity is 0.231. The average revolution speed is 17.65 kilometers per second, and the density is 28 grams per second. Cubic centimeter, rotation period, 0.32555 days, average surface temperature -164K, judging from the above data, we can be sure that we have discovered Pallas." When the radar soldiers reported again, the identity of the asteroid could finally be confirmed.

The other crew members of the Ziwei Star 1 spacecraft, as well as the cosmology and biology experts and scholars in the spacecraft, were also refreshed.

Pallas is one of the most important missions of Wang Wei and his team to explore the asteroid belt this time. As one of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt of the solar system, it is also the second asteroid discovered by humans. It has considerable exploration value. At the same time, according to the plan, Pallas will also play a pivotal role in the future defense plan of the solar system.

"Correspondent! Send the news of our discovery of Pallas back to the headquarters!" Wang Wei said.

"Immediately launch more probes to explore Pallas in more depth, and at the same time launch probes around Pallas to explore the situation around Pallas. According to our previous data, since we have discovered Pallas If you want to find Ceres, then it will be much more convenient." Wang Wei said.

The main purpose of their exploration of the asteroid belt this time is of course not just for Pallas, in fact Ceres is the main goal of their exploration of the asteroid belt this time.

"The spaceship accelerates immediately, and starts to slow down when it is 20 kilometers away from Pallas." Wang Wei ordered!

"Received! Crew members, please get ready. The spaceship will start to accelerate in 10 minutes. It is estimated that the spaceship will arrive at its intended destination in 12 hours."

At this time, the Ziweixing 1 spacecraft they were on was about 5 million kilometers away from the earth. It took 7 hours for the signal from the spacecraft to be transmitted back to the earth. However, when they launched the probe yesterday, the relevant The data and information were sent back to the earth. Although the information has not been returned yet, there are still more than ten hours before he reaches his intended destination, and there is still time to receive the information from the earth plate, including orders.

Sure enough, when their spacecraft accelerated and approached Pallas, they finally received the information fed back from the earth, which included orders requiring them to conduct a series of investigations on Pallas, and at the same time required them to detect After completing Pallas, report whether there are natural satellites in Pallas?

Although the discovery of Pallas was a milestone in the history of human astronomical observation in the early days of the earth, the occultation of Pallas had been observed several times, and the event on May 1983, 5 was The best-done observation of an asteroid occultation.A total of 29 observers conducted the observations, carefully measuring the timing of the occultation and assisting in the precise diameter measurement.

In an observation on May 1979, 5, it was found that Pallas probably had a satellite with a diameter of about 29 km, but it could not be confirmed.

Then in 1980, in the report of the speckle observer, it was said that Pallas had a large satellite with a diameter of 175 kilometers, but in subsequent observations, the existence of this satellite was denied.

The mass of Pallas has been estimated from the surface of Pallas reflecting radar signals from spacecraft orbiting Mars, showing tiny perturbations affected by the orbit of Mars.

So so far, no space telescope has ever observed the features on the disk of Pallas, and no spacecraft has detected Pallas.

So in fact, the Ziweixing No. 1 spacecraft that Wang Wei is riding on is the first time in the entire human civilization. god star.

"Ziweixing 1 spacecraft will start to decelerate in 30 minutes. Members, please prepare yourself and secure yourself and the items you are carrying to avoid accidents during the deceleration process of the spacecraft. Now enter the countdown, 29:59 "

At this time, the Ziwei Xing 1 spacecraft is still flying very fast in space, but the engine is not working at this time. After all, the spacecraft has almost reached its destination and will soon enter the deceleration stage.

"Attention all crew members, the countdown of the spacecraft deceleration, 10.92.1.0. The spacecraft enters the deceleration phase and the engine starts."

"Boom!" The deep sound of the engine came from the outer shell of the spaceship to the interior of the spaceship, but Wang Wei and the others have already taken it for granted. After all, the Ziweixing 1 space science research ship set off from the moon until now. , the spacecraft has gone through countless times of acceleration and deceleration, so the deceleration of Ziweixing No. [-] spacecraft will not have any impact on them.

Although the speed of the spaceship is far from reaching the designed maximum speed of the spaceship at this time, the speed of eating is not slow. It takes up to 6 hours to reduce the speed of the spaceship to the same speed as Pallas. At this time, the spacecraft is only about 20 kilometers away from Pallas, so this period is the most dangerous moment.

After all, there are a lot of meteorite fragments near Pallas. Once they collide with some asteroids or meteorite fragments with a diameter of more than one meter in the process, then for Ziweixing 1 spacecraft, it will would be fatal.

So at this time, everyone in the spaceship cheered up, and at the same time, all the weapon hatches of the spaceship were opened. Once an asteroid or meteorite fragment with a diameter of more than one meter appears near the spaceship and poses a threat to the spaceship, then these The weapon will activate immediately and destroy these asteroid or meteorite fragments, even if there is only a 1% chance of impact.

"Beep! Beep! Beep! Meteorite fragments with a diameter of more than 5 meters were found 1.2 kilometers ahead of the spacecraft. According to calculations, the flight paths of the meteorite fragments do not intersect with the path of the spacecraft, and the impact probability is 0%."

"A meteorite fragment with a diameter of more than two meters was found on the left front side of the spacecraft. Its flight trajectory overlapped with the travel route of the spacecraft. The impact probability exceeded 30%. The fire control system was activated. It is preparing to fire the shell."

As the fire control system of the spaceship was activated and shelling began, the crew and experts in the spaceship could clearly feel the vibration produced by the spaceship's artillery at the moment it fired.

(End of this chapter)