Chapter 801 Gravitational perturbations of unknown stars

  Chapter 801 Gravitational disturbance of unknown stars?

   “What is the relative distance now?”

   “263.95 km.”

   The commander looked at the time.

   It has been more than 3 hours since the first message was sent, but still no response.

   The enlightenment probe of alien civilization is still as silent as it has been for the past three years or so.

   “Go ahead and send the second message.”

   Beside him, Liu Liangmu said, “How far is the Flint Space City from Saturn?”

The commander    shook his head: “It’s still far, just passed the orbit of Jupiter.”

   “If there is still no response, does it mean that a manned spacecraft must have passed by? They understand our life forms, and is there a way to identify them?”

“It should be, if it is really the creation of an advanced alien civilization.” The commander said, “I don’t know if it is the same as our unmanned spacecraft. When it is not on a mission, its main function will enter a low standby state. Power state.”

   “That is, you need to trigger a wake-up?”

The commander    nodded: “I thought about this situation, so I designed some information, and then I will try it all. If there is still no response, I can only wait until the Flint Space City arrives.”

  Liu Liangmu nodded. In short, the special envoy probe successfully entered the orbit of Titan, which is good news after all.

   It’s just… It seems that he is called a special envoy, but he doesn’t necessarily have the opportunity to communicate with each other…

  …

   The Flint Space City, which has just passed Jupiter’s orbit, is not actually the largest planet in the solar system at close range.

   But it’s pretty close, unlike on Earth, where observations from hundreds of millions of kilometers away can’t see more detail.

   Flint Space City is not idle, but when passing through Mars and the asteroid belt, some unmanned probes are scattered out.

   There are both own and HSDA made.

The same goes for    Jupiter. As a huge gaseous planet, it also has as many as 79 moons of various kinds.

   This means that Jupiter will definitely become a very important position in the future era of solar system development.

  The resources are too rich!

After   HSDA’s dedicated Jupiter probe was launched from the Flint Space City, the images it sent back are feasting the eyes of the scientists on board.

  Suddenly, Fan Yuanbai’s voice sounded in Gu Song’s ear: “Boss, I found something!”

The sound of    is heard directly in the ear through the temple sensor of the signal converter glasses.

   Fan Yuanbai used a point-to-point communication channel.

  Gu Song said: “I’ll come over immediately, let me introduce first, what’s the situation?”

   “Some minor deviations from precomputed orbital data.”

   “Why does it deviate?” Gu Song was startled, “According to the star map, is the calculation correct?”

   “The inertial navigation system first issued an early warning, and after calculating and comparing the pulse signal data of the known pulsars, the deviation was indeed found!”

   “Is there no abnormality in the spaceship?”

“No!” Fan Yuanbai’s voice didn’t actually contain much panic, but a little excitement, “This slight deviation is easy to adjust, but in this case, it’s a bit like there is an unknown source of gravity. Our ship, It’s possible that it just passed its gravitational range. If that’s the case, then we’ll find an unknown star!”

   “Is there any calculation based on this idea?”

   “It hasn’t been arranged yet. This is an unexpected event. Wait for you to decide. You are the captain.”

  Gu Song Yile: “I’ll take a look right away. Besides, let Ning Qiwei take the students to do the math.”

  …

   Xin Zhao and others were very pleasantly surprised when they heard the mission: “Calculate the orbit data of an unknown star that is likely to exist?”

Ning Qiwei nodded and said: “Yes, the orbit of the spacecraft is slightly deviated now, and in order to obtain more data, the parameters of the propulsion system have not been adjusted. This is most likely a Jupiter satellite that has not yet been discovered. We The orbital data needs to be calculated as soon as possible and then try to find it with the observation instruments on the spacecraft.”

  The young man who had only been able to study on the spaceship was eager to try.

   “Part of the computing power resource permissions of the shipboard computer have been issued to your personal terminals, and various data related to this matter are also included. Time waits for no one, let’s start!”

  Ning Qiwei, as the first mathematical genius who participated in the quantum computer project at that time, entered the Flint Research Institute after graduation.

  Gu Song asked him to take a few young students to solve the problem, probably with the intention of examining these students.

   Xin Zhao and others followed Ning Qiwei all the way to the scientific research cabin.

   In addition to the first two visits, this is the first time I have officially come here to work.

   But there was no time to observe too much at this time, and they immediately threw themselves into the calculation.

   The spacecraft still maintains a steady boost of propulsion.

  The first route data…

  After the departure from the route, the deviation data per second…

  Unknown star, it may be an unknown planet or asteroid orbiting the sun, it may be an unknown satellite of Jupiter, it must also be orbiting at high speed…

  Relying purely on current data and mathematical methods, they need to locate its orbital position.

   In order to accurately capture a star that may be hundreds of thousands, millions or even tens of millions of kilometers away, the observation instrument needs accurate position data!

   It’s a challenge!

  …

  In the control center of Xinghai City, the person on duty also discovered the orbital deviation of the Flint Space City through the deep space exploration network.

   This is a high-level emergency, and the commander was called back again.

   “How long will it take for the signal to come back?”

   “Another 57 minutes.”

   “What judgment do you have?”

The    subordinate shook his head: “There are too many possibilities. No one knows what happened over there until the signal comes back.”

   They are here, but there is no way to read the core data on the Flint Space City in real time.

   Now the communication delay is so big, it takes a long time to receive a reply from there.

   Fortunately, the return signal has been stable, at least it proves that the Flint Space City has not been damaged.

  So, is the thruster malfunctioning, or is Flint Space City actively adjusting the course?

   The commander frowned and flipped through the Flint Space City route data recorded in the database.

  The information is asymmetrical, it is really impossible to see the face…

   “Have you been in contact with Flint Aerospace?”

   “Contacted, they are also confirming. In addition, they are also simulating calculations for several possible situations.”

   “What about their opinion? What are the possible scenarios?”

“Thrower failure, environmental changes in the gravitational perturbation of Jupiter and its moons, and the gravitational influence of unknown celestial bodies, these are the three scenarios they think are the most likely. Of course, there may be worse outcomes, so we can only wait for news. .”

   The commander nodded and could only continue to monitor its route.

   Found the track deviation, why hasn’t it been adjusted back?

The greater the deviation of   , the greater the cost of adjusting the track!

   (end of this chapter)