Annihilation of the solar system

Chapter 22 The Mysterious Comet

Xia Jigang had a look of excitement on his face:

"Let us witness the miracle of genius together."

Xia Lan and Wei Xu looked nervous as they stared at the huge screen in the control room below through the glass curtain wall. At this time, the screen still displayed the simulation animation of the orbital position of the "Yang Jian".

Xia Jigang and Director Yin slightly adjusted the direction of their seats and looked at the big screen in the conference room. Liu Chaowen sat at the far end of the conference room with a calm face and seemed careless. The voice from the control room below came from the intercom on the conference table:

"Yang Jian has entered a suitable observation orbit and started to turn."

"clear!"

The image on the big screen began to change, and the space telescope model on the animation began to turn. Soon, another voice came from the intercom:

"The steering deceleration is completed, it has pointed to the predetermined sky area, and the main optical lens is ready to be turned on."

Xia Jigang frowned slightly and leaned into Director Yin's ear:

"Did you complete the turn so quickly?"

Director Yin smiled and nodded:

"There is no resistance in space, and steering movements can be completed quickly. Once the main camera is turned on, we can see the returned images."

Xia Jigang nodded.

"The initialization of the main lens device is completed and the data begins to be returned."

The track animation on the screen disappeared, replaced by a pitch-black picture.

Director Yin lowered his voice and said to Xia Jigang, who was staring at the screen next to him:

"The initial state of the main lens is designed for deep space observation, and they are adjusting the observation mode and focal length. The distance at 'Oumuamua is already close to the minimum focal length of the telescope, and we don't know how the imaging effect will be."

Xia Jigang frowned:

"Is it possible that the target cannot be found?"

Director Yin is full of confidence:

"There should be no problem. If the imaging quality is not ideal, we will take several photos. Then we will adjust the various parameters of the telescope and we will be able to see the target we want to see. This process may take from ten minutes to several

Ten minutes, if the data they calculated is accurate then the process may be shorter."

"The observation mode is adjusted from the dark star mode to the ordinary visible light band mode, and the focal length is set to 6au. Start searching for the target celestial body according to the No. 1 observation plan." The command voice from the control room kept coming from the intercom.

The conference room was so quiet that you could already hear each other's breathing. Although you might not be able to see anything through the screen, everyone still looked at the screen with bated breath.

"The target has been discovered and high-definition photos are being sent back."

The voice on the intercom surprised everyone.

Xia Jigang's eyes widened:

"So fast?"

Director Yin also felt a little strange:

"It should be that you calculated the target position very accurately and found the target directly. It may also be that the target was misjudged. We will find out after the high-definition photos are sent back."

After a while, a photo appeared on the screen that stunned everyone. Against the dark background, a long, slightly luminous celestial body suddenly appeared in the middle of the crosshairs! Almost without the identification of astronomers, everyone

You can recognize them all at a glance!

It was the comet that passed by the Earth four months ago! The high-definition photos returned by the space telescope were almost identical to the images taken at perihelion at that time!

The seemingly irregular detailed structures magically formed a cigar-shaped shape with an overall smooth surface. At this moment, the cigar was flying towards them at a slight angle.

Xia Lan stared at the screen with an expression of disbelief on her face:

"It's really it! Why is it here?"

Wei Xu grabbed the backup data in front of him and took a rough look at it:

"Measure his speed and rotation rate."

Director Yin pressed the button on the intercom to issue this instruction. Soon the answer came from the intercom:

"The orbital speed is 59.8km/s. The rotation rate is 0."

Wei Xu put the information in his hand on the table, leaned back on the chair, and his eyes flashed with panic:

"This doesn't make sense. What is it?"

Many staff in the control room downstairs stood up from their seats, and some even left their posts to communicate with each other. Xia Jigang quickly recovered after a brief surprise, and he composed himself:

"Director Yin, are there any similar celestial objects like this in your observation records?"

Director Yin adjusted his glasses with his trembling right hand, staring at the photo with a pale face:

"Even if we put aside its original rotation rate, we have never seen a natural celestial body with a rotation rate of 0. Never!"

Everyone unanimously turned their attention to Liu Chaowen, the discoverer of all this, hoping that he could give a reasonable explanation. However, Liu Chaowen, who looked calm, seemed to have already confirmed that this thing would happen. There was no trace of surprise on his face.

Feeling, he said calmly:

"Director Yin, I want to know his temperature through spectral analysis. Also, can you process the photo in high definition and then enlarge it on the screen?"

Director Yin nodded, pressed the intercom button on the table, and informed the control room of Liu Chaowen's request.

Soon, a thermal imaging photo of Oumuamua appeared on the large screens in the conference room and control room. The photo showed that the entire body of Oumuamua was uniformly dark blue. A voice came from the intercom:

"According to spectral analysis, the temperature of the celestial body is 198K, the temperature is uniform, and there is almost no temperature difference on the surface."

The surprise on Director Yin's face has gradually turned into fear, and the level of chaos in the control downstairs has become a bit more serious than before. Several of them have even gathered together and started a heated debate. Xia Jigang was a little confused. After all,

Nor is he an expert in astronomy.

Xia Lan looked at the image, held her forehead with one hand, and frowned slightly:

"This is definitely not something that a natural celestial body can do. At this distance, its temperature should be around 2.75k, and there should be a significant temperature difference between the sunny side and the far side. What exactly is it?"

Only then did Xia Jigang realize how abnormal the celestial body in front of them was. Another voice came from the intercom:

"The high-definition enlarged photo has been uploaded."

A photo of 'Oumuamua that was enlarged to almost occupy the entire screen appeared on the screen in the conference room. The shape and structure of 'Oumuamua can be clearly seen in the photo. It still looks like an ordinary cigar.

It is a rocky celestial body. But the textures, wrinkles, protrusions and depressions on its surface have a pattern that is indescribable but can be felt.

The most incredible thing is that as a comet that was previously thought to be composed of ice and rocks, its surface looks so smooth and round after passing the sun. There is almost no break in its outline, and even

There are no penetrating cracks.

The appearance looks so perfect and natural, you can feel the cold light reflected from it through the screen. When everyone was staring at this celestial body with a cold beauty, Liu Chaowen took it and Wei Xu looked at it just now

After reading the information, I took out a pen and started writing quickly in the blank space behind the information.

Soon everyone's attention was attracted by the "rustling" sound made by Liu Chaowen's writing. Xia Lan and Wei Xu looked at each other without saying anything. Xia Jigang opened his mouth to ask, but was stopped by Director Yin. Soon Liu Chaowen filled up his writing.

After reading more than three pieces of paper, he pushed the paper in front of Xia Lan:

"Based on the external and overall characteristics of the figure in this photo, I did a rough calculation using a mathematical model based on the principle of chaos classification. There is no necessary connection between the detailed structure of his surface and the overall shape. It is impossible for him to be like this naturally.

It should have a fine structure inside."

Xia Lan and Wei Xu stared at the three pages filled with writing and exclaimed at the same time:

"It's not natural!"

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