In the empty void of the solar system, a bright firefly is slowly moving forward in the void. This firefly is the spacecraft "Hanwu Emperor".
Its speed at this time has exceeded 200 kilometers per second, and the blazing white tail flames ejected from its tail are already dozens of miles long. It looks like a comet with a long tail, and it also looks like a comet in the dark void.
There are always fireflies in it.
Although the speed is already very fast, in the vast void of the universe, it seems to be very slow, very slow, as slow as a snail, and it even seems to have been at one point without any movement.
The universe is really too vast. A small solar system is already very big for human beings.
After more than ten days of sailing, the 'Hanwu Emperor' arrived at the asteroid belt, began to continuously slow down, and at the same time continued to fly in the direction of Ceres.
Ceres is the smallest planet in the solar system and the only dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Italian astronomer Piazzi in 1801.
In order to transform Mars, scientists from Galaxy Technology Group have dispatched a spacecraft in advance to conduct a detailed inspection of Ceres.
Ceres is not only a rocky planet, it also has a lot of water on it, which is definitely what is most needed to transform Mars.
Regarding the formation of Ceres, scientists also speculate that it is inextricably linked to the formation of the asteroid belt. In the early days of the solar system, there was a planet in the asteroid belt with a mass similar to that of the Earth.
It’s just that this planet was later torn apart by the dual forces of Jupiter and the sun, so there was the asteroid belt, and Ceres was the most massive one. After years of changes, it finally slowly formed the current Ceres.
A few days later, the 'Hanwu Emperor' spacecraft was getting closer and closer to Ceres, and the scientists and engineers on the spacecraft began to become extremely busy.
Astronomers are constantly calculating the orbits of the major planets in the solar system, the most important of which are naturally the orbits of Mars and the Earth.
This time we are going to use Ceres to hit Mars. Without calculating the position of Mars, it is naturally impossible to hit it accurately. As for calculating the position of the Earth, it is to avoid the Earth as much as possible. Even if there is a problem, it will not happen.
What threats does it pose to the earth?
Ceres is really too big. It is not an ordinary celestial body. It has broken away from the category of asteroids. If Ceres hits the earth, even if there are various weapons, it will be difficult for the earth to say that Ceres will be destroyed.
All impacts on the earth will be eliminated.
If you are not careful, you may even directly destroy everything on the earth, so you must try your best to avoid hitting the earth due to mistakes.
By accurately calculating the orbits of Mars and the Earth, scientists can accurately calculate everything, at what angle, at what time, where it hit, etc. These all require computers to perform strict calculations, not random impacts.
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As for the scientists and engineers on the spacecraft, they are conducting final inspections and evaluations on the spacecraft to ensure that all functions on the spacecraft are normal and in perfect condition, and that there will be no problems when destroying Ceres.
Various detectors, satellites, etc. began to be spread to Ceres for free, and various monitors were spread throughout the surrounding void to control everything.
The control and command center of the 'Hanwu Emperor' spacecraft is here, Wu Renjie, Liao Fanghong, and here at the Galaxy Academy of Sciences are Long Zhankong and Huang Zhibin of the Institute of Astronomy and Astronomy, the general design of the 'Hanwu Emperor' spacecraft
Master Yang Hongyan, Zhang Jian and others also arrived.
"Can we really deplete Ceres?"
Liao Fanghong looked at the huge planet in front of her. It was spherical as a whole, which meant that its mass was very large. You must know that asteroids are all irregular shapes.
The celestial body in the universe, the more massive the celestial body is, the more perfectly spherical it is. This is all due to the huge influence of fluid static balance.
Asteroids have small masses, so they have different shapes, and few are spherical. The mass of Ceres has reached a certain level, and the overall shape is spherical.
Liao Fanghong has very rich experience in mining asteroids and has traveled to and from the asteroid belt many times to mine news, so she knows very well how massive the Ceres in front of her is.
Facing such a huge Ceres, even though he knew that the 'Hanwu Emperor' spacecraft was also very powerful, he still couldn't help but doubt it.
"Ceres is a dwarf planet with a very large mass. It is not easy to consume it. If we just rely on the power of this spacecraft, it will naturally not be enough."
"But in the interstellar universe, the most powerful force is the power of stars and black holes."
"The black hole at the center of the Milky Way possesses unparalleled power. This huge power dominates the entire Milky Way. The same is true for the sun at the center of the Solar System. It possesses power that dominates everything in the entire Solar System."
"If we want to use up Ceres, we must rely on the power of the sun."
Long Zhankong looked at Ceres in front of him, but he was very confident. As a cosmic astronomer, he had calculated it countless times and used quantum computers to perform countless simulation operations.
The powerful power of the "Hanwu Emperor" spacecraft, coupled with the power of the sun, is enough to consume Ceres, causing its trajectory to change and eventually crash into Mars.
"We are not dragging Ceres forcefully, but using the power of the spacecraft to change Ceres' original orbit a little bit, so that its new orbit will converge with the orbit of Mars, and we will naturally be able to drag Ceres.
The purpose of impacting Mars.”
"In the whole process, what we ultimately have to use is the power of the sun, and the power of the spacecraft is only an auxiliary power."
Huang Zhibin also nodded and explained that this is actually the same principle as the Earth's escape from the solar system in the Three-Body Problem. It uses a little force to change the orbit of the Earth, and ultimately relies on the power of the sun to realize the movement of celestial bodies.
Of course, this little bit of power is still a huge power for humans. After all, the mass of a planet is so huge that it is definitely not easy to change its trajectory.