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Chapter 658 Prepare to Land on Callisto

Of course, when the huge fleet set sail from the lunar orbit towards Jupiter, the lunar orbital space station above the lunar orbit and the various space stations in the earth orbit were also crowded with countless people who came to watch the departure of the fleet, let’s not talk about this time The fleet heading for Jupiter is to transform Venus and expand the living and living space of human civilization. The size of this fleet alone is enough for people to come and watch, let alone the scale of the fleet dispatched this time.

Watching the fleet gradually go away, Zhang Yi, Shi Haiming and others all knew how difficult the mission of this fleet was. This time their mission target was Callisto, although compared to Europa, , the distance between Callisto and Jupiter is farther, relatively speaking, the effect of Jupiter’s gravity is smaller, but even so, for Zhang Yi and human beings, if they want to move Callisto so that Jupiter The exact collision between the four satellites and Venus is also very difficult.

You must know that Callisto is not Ceres!Not to mention other things, just in terms of volume, it is definitely not comparable to Ceres, so this factor alone makes it countless times more difficult for humans to move Callisto, not to mention that Callisto is a satellite of Jupiter. If you want to move Callisto, you have to face Jupiter’s gravitational pull. If you are not careful, Callisto will not only be unable to be moved out of Jupiter’s gravitational range, but may even be directly captured by Jupiter’s gravity and fall into Jupiter’s body Flying towards other directions in the universe, or even towards other planets in the solar system, this is what human beings would never want to see.

As time went by, after a month of sailing, the fleet finally arrived near Jupiter, and the mobile planetary engines in the fleet were also ready to start landing on Callisto. As for why Zhang Yi and the others chose Jupiter this time Callisto came to hit Venus instead of Ganymede or Io. This is because compared with Ganymede, Callisto is smaller. It should not be said to be smaller but much smaller.

With the current technology of human civilization, although there is no difficulty in moving Ganymede, compared to Ganymede, the risk of moving the smaller Callisto is less, and Ganymede is a very Active planets are full of scenes of volcanic eruptions. It is very difficult for humans to move with the existing technology, so Callisto is naturally the best choice.

"Report Mr. Zhang! The fleet has arrived near Callisto. Is the mobile planetary engine allowed to land?" Zhang Yi, who has been paying attention to the fleet at all times, received the report from the fleet shortly after the fleet arrived near Callisto, and Ask the fleet to log in.

"Landing is allowed." When Zhang Yi heard that the fleet had arrived, Zhang Yi naturally had no hesitation and ordered directly. Although the fleet is far away near Jupiter and there is a long delay in signal transmission, the fleet has not yet landed on Callisto. , Time naturally allows the fleet to ask the headquarters for instructions, so the fleet sent back a message to Zhang Yi and others for instructions.

However, once the fleet lands and the mobile planetary engine lands and starts, then everything can only rely on the fleet itself. After all, unexpected accidents may occur anytime and anywhere in the universe, and most of the time there is no time for the fleet. Ask the headquarters for instructions, and these situations need to be handled by the fleet itself.

"Order the mobile planetary engines and small transport ships in the fleet to start landing on Callisto. At the same time, all warships are on alert, and other spaceships monitor Callisto at any time. If there is any change in Callisto, report it immediately." The person in charge of the mobile Callisto fleet was appointed, who was the person in charge of the entire Jupiter and Jupiter satellite detection fleet, that is, Guo Chen. ordered.

"Understood! Commander!" After finishing speaking, the movable planetary engine in the fleet began to slowly approach Callisto under the order of Guo Chen, and the other spaceships in the fleet also immediately flew towards their mission area. Go ahead and start monitoring Callisto itself and its surroundings to make sure nothing goes wrong with these planetary engines landing.

At the same time, the flagship of the fleet, that is, the spaceship of Guo Chen is also transmitting the galaxy in the direction of the earth in real time, so as to ensure that any situation here can be known to the headquarters. His other spaceships, like his spaceship, transmit information in the direction of the earth in real time.

And the federal space command center far away from the earth is also receiving the information sent back from the fleet in the direction of Jupiter. Yi, they can all know the situation of the fleet a few hours ago.

Zhang Yi and others looked at the icy world on the virtual screen in the command center, that is, Callisto. He was thinking about some data of this planet, based on the data obtained from the previous detection of Jupiter.

Humans first discovered Callisto in 1610. It is the second largest satellite of Jupiter after Ganymede. Its diameter is 99% of that of Mercury, but its mass is only 1/3 of that of Mercury. Compared with the other three satellites of Jupiter, the orbit is the farthest, about 188 million kilometers. Callisto is not like the three inner Galilean satellites - Io, Europa and Euro Three is in orbital resonance, so there is no obvious tidal heating effect on it.Callisto is a synchronously rotating satellite, always facing Jupiter with the same side.Due to its farther orbit, Callisto's surface is less affected by Jupiter's magnetic field than the inner moons.

According to the existing data, the surface of Callisto has suffered violent impacts, and its geological age is very old. At the same time, there are no geological movements such as plates, volcanoes or earthquakes on Callisto, so its geological features are mainly composed of meteorites. Or an asteroid strike.

At the same time, the data obtained during the previous detection show that Callisto, like Europa, also has an atmosphere, but the difference from Europa is that the main components of the atmosphere are different. Europa's thin atmosphere It is mainly composed of oxygen, while Callisto's atmosphere is mainly composed of carbon dioxide. At the same time, there is also oxygen in his atmosphere. In addition, he also has a violently active ionosphere. According to previous data analysis and super Computer simulations show that this highly active ionosphere was formed by the onslaught of disks of gas and dust surrounding Jupiter.

According to computer simulations and inferences from scientists on Earth, Callisto also has a core, but unlike the other three Jupiter satellites, the internal structure of Callisto has not undergone rapid growth due to its slow formation process and lack of tidal thermal effects. differentiation.Thermal convection in Callisto's interior began shortly after its formation. This convection led to a partial differentiation of the internal structure. A subsurface ocean and a relatively small rocky core at a depth of 100 to 150 kilometers on the surface may have formed as a result.

(End of this chapter)