Armor Frenzy

Beidu, National Astronomical Observatory.

Ye Han only occasionally looked up at the starry sky, but many devices in the observatory were watching the universe outside the sky day and night. The dazzling flash in the starry sky immediately caused a strong response from the observation equipment. The staff on duty at the observatory was immediately alerted by the alarm sound and found The flash came from Jupiter, and the on-duty officer was surprised, quickly adjusted the observation equipment, and notified the superior and other astronomical observation agencies as soon as possible.

The news spread all over the country's major observatories immediately, and many devices aimed at Jupiter at the same time.

Not only the domestic astronomical world, but also major foreign observatories have also discovered Jupiter's anomalies. Even the observatories on the other side of the earth in the daytime have obtained real-time images of Jupiter through the Internet.

The Hubble telescope in outer space and the sky survey optical module also adjusted its attitude for the first time and aimed the lens at Jupiter.

In 1994, Comet Meck-Levy 9 passed near Jupiter on its way back, and was only 110,000 kilometers away from the center of Jupiter. For Jupiter with a radius of 70,000 kilometers, this distance was too close. Jupiter did not hesitate to put the comet. Shredded, more than 20 pieces are like a train, constantly hitting Jupiter for 130 hours, the energy released is equivalent to detonating 2 billion atomic bombs, or 40 trillion tons of TNT explosion!

It was the first time that humans observed a planet-related celestial collision event in the solar system. Jupiter flashed again. Many astronomers immediately thought of the comet-wood collision event. The global astronomy community entered a state of mobilization at almost the same time, and countless astronomers collectively exploded.

However, when everyone's attention was focused on the vicinity of Jupiter, many astronomers discovered in horror that it was not a comet approaching Jupiter again at all, and the one close to Jupiter was Io Zero!

Jupiter does not have a zero satellite, but a few years ago, Jupiter's strong gravitational force successfully captured a stray planet with a diameter of nearly 4,000 kilometers. This roaming planet accurately cut into Jupiter's orbit and became Jupiter's new satellite.

The rogue planet is larger than Io and Europa, and second only to Ganymede and Callisto in the Io family, so two different voices arose when it came to naming the new moon.

One voice suggested that the moon should be named Ganymede in numerical order.

Another voice argues that the satellite should be given the treatment it deserves, named after zero.

In the end, the latter voice prevailed and narrowly won by three votes, so this wandering planet of unknown origin became Io Zero.

In recent years, the research on Io has never stopped, and the published papers have not been published. The astronomical community knows the orbit of Io like the back of my hand. The orbit of Io has been stable for several years. How could it suddenly approach Jupiter?

Could it be that Io was hit by a large celestial body? Was the flash not long ago caused by a celestial body hitting Io Zero?

No matter what the reason is, it is an indisputable fact that Io is approaching Jupiter's body, and according to the current direction of Io's movement, it won't be long before this huge moon, which is slightly larger in diameter than the moon, will enter Los Angeles. At the limit, the Jieshi satellite will be completely torn apart by Jupiter's powerful gravity, and countless fragments will hit Jupiter. The consequences for the Io satellite system and Jupiter's origin are unpredictable, and may even affect the entire solar system!

Everyone's breath froze, and astronomers all over the world did their best to calculate the result of the impact with supercomputers.

The orbital change of Io is extremely obvious. In the early morning of the next day, Io’s gravity can already disturb the dust in Jupiter’s rings. Io successfully captured some of the dust outside Jupiter’s rings and adsorbed this part of the dust to its own surface.

The situation is severe, and the impact is a foregone conclusion. According to the calculation results of the existing orbital data, there are still four days before the impact!

When the news came out, there was an uproar in all countries, and even the eyes of the people temporarily turned away from the plague of insects and turned to the red giant planet in the distant void.

Before the impact occurred, all kinds of news predicting the result of the impact flooded the media pages. Many experts sang and sang me on the stage. Some were positive and optimistic, thinking that the impact would not affect the earth; some were negative and pessimistic, thinking that the impact would It will lead to a great change in the environment of the solar system, and may even wipe out life on Earth.

Time passed slowly in the chaotic hustle and bustle, getting closer and closer to Jupiter's Io, making everyone's heart tug at their throats, and every news station broadcast the pictures of the two stars approaching repeatedly.

Governments around the world have paid close attention to the impact but have remained silent in rare unanimous silence.

In a few days, Io is about to enter the Roche limit, and the impact that suffocates the world is about to happen!

At this time, the ice cap on the surface of Io was suddenly peeled off in a large area, and the huge fragments seemed to be equipped with rocket engines, and they broke away from Io and flew in the direction of Jupiter.

The amount of debris is beyond imagination~www.readwn.com~ In just a few hours, the surface of Io, which is nearly 4,000 kilometers in diameter, actually peeled off a whole layer, and the diameter was reduced by more than 300 kilometers. Fragments towards Jupiter form a long fragment of tens of thousands of kilometers long!

Io Zero, who has thrown away the huge mass, seems to have succeeded in losing weight. Io Zero, who was bound to enter the Roche limit, has actually moved outward, brushed the edge of the Roche limit, and successfully escaped the danger.

All the astronomers who witnessed this scene exclaimed in unison: This is unscientific!

True, it's not scientific, but the observation equipment doesn't lie, everything is a reality that actually happens.

The astronomy community is crazy, and the physics community is crazy. They have proved in various ways that such a mutation is absolutely impossible under the existing physical system!

The media was in an uproar, the people were stunned, and the government continued to remain silent.

It's not that the government doesn't know about the impact event, but the main task of the governments of various countries is how to deal with the insect disaster. For the impact that is several astronomical units away, there is no need to care, and there is no time to care about it.

After all, even the authoritative experts in the astronomy community can't tell the specific consequences of the impact. It is too early to care about it, and it is impossible to arrange high-intensity evacuation preparations because of various speculations in the astronomical community.

Just when the earth was heartbroken for Jupiter, the first piece of debris from Io fell into Jupiter, and a strong flash exploded in an instant. The energy released was equivalent to 300 million "Little Boy" atomic bombs, and the explosive power spread to The range is the size of 3.3 Earths and leaves a visible black scar on Jupiter's surface.

Since the impact occurred on the side of Jupiter facing Earth, the observation equipment of observatories around the world faithfully recorded the process, followed by the second, the third...until Jupiter was hit by a rain of debris. (To be continued.)