Chapter 657 Dense and sparse asteroid belt
"We're finally here. It feels like a few hours is quite a long time. This asteroid belt... looks pretty good."
"It just reminds me of a magical software on earth. The difference between beautiful face and bare face is not as dense as in film and television works and simulation pictures."
When the speed of the spacecraft slowed down, Dong Chen stood up from the captain's position and looked at the asteroid belt ahead through Andromeda's porthole with a good view. He felt that it was not as dense as expected.
Although I know that pictures and movies are exaggerated, but after actually getting here, I feel that those things are not ordinary exaggerations.
"Of course, sir," after listening to Dong Chen's sigh, No. 1 smiled beside him, "Those are simulation pictures after all, and they were made to highlight the characteristics. They just want to let ordinary people have a gathering of asteroids. The concept of a district.”
"Basically, most people in the world will never go to the asteroid belt in their lifetime, so no one knows how relatively dense and relatively sparse the asteroid belt is in reality."
"And not everyone cares about whether the asteroid belt is dense or sparse, just like many people don't care about whether the price of gold will increase tomorrow or whether diamond production will decrease the day after tomorrow, because it has nothing to do with them."
That's right, Dong Chen felt that what No. 1 said was completely correct. His sigh was actually just a complaint from the perspective of an audience.
In fact, it felt okay when I was relatively far away from the asteroid belt at first. When I looked at the asteroid belt, it felt like a small asteroid gathering area, and I could see that many asteroids were gathered there.
But when the spacecraft actually flew into the asteroid belt, it discovered that the distance between each asteroid was not that far away.
"Okay, let's set off for our destination. Which planned asteroid are we closest to now?" Dong Chen asked No. 1 without being wordy and sat back in his seat.
The holographic projection of No. 1, who was standing next to Dong Chen's seat, looked at the hologram of the asteroid belt in front of him and said, "Sir, we are closest to Vesta."
"Okay," Dong Chen also raised his finger and pointed in the direction of Vesta, "Then let's go to Vesta first and build the first human base in the asteroid belt on it."
After saying that, he looked at No. 1, "Although the asteroids in the asteroid belt are quite far away, I won't show off my maneuvers here. It's up to you to drive, No. 1."
"Okay, sir."
"Driving rights have taken over."
"Replan the route and target Vesta."
"The route is planned, let's go."
No. 1 piloted the spacecraft to fly smoothly in the asteroid belt, which gave Dong Chen the opportunity to take a good look at this place that many people would never be able to reach in their lifetime.
What people usually call the asteroid belt refers to the dense area of asteroids in the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It is about 2.17-3.64 astronomical units from the sun and contains more than 500,000 asteroids.
Although almost all stars in the solar system are affected by the sun's gravity, the asteroid belt is obviously closer to Jupiter, and Jupiter's gravity is not small.
Therefore, under the influence of Jupiter's gravity, it prevented the initial planetesimals and small celestial bodies from forming the final planets, and also caused many small planets to collide with each other, forming many debris and debris, and finally formed this asteroid belt.
The three largest asteroids in the asteroid belt are Pallas, Juno and Vesta, with their average diameters exceeding 400 kilometers. There is only one dwarf planet in the main belt, Ceres, with a diameter of about 950 kilometers. The rest of the asteroids are smaller, some even the size of dust.
Among them, these four large planets are Dong Chen and No. 1’s targets this time.
The material in the asteroid belt is very thin, and several human spacecraft have even passed through it safely without any accidents, but only professionals know this.
Most people only know that the universe is very large and empty, but there are also countless asteroids and even many dense asteroid belts.
As for how dense it is, anyone who has seen simulations and movies knows that it is extremely dense, just like the previous space junk...simulations. Of course, it feels like you bumped into it accidentally.
Otherwise, why would ArcLight Aerospace be struggling to collect space junk every day?
Therefore, many people doubt that when the spacecraft passes there quickly, it will cause a collision between the spacecraft and the asteroid, or even cause destruction.
After all, it is very dangerous to have hundreds of thousands of asteroids of different sizes packed together.
It can be said that this kind of thinking is definitely caused by that simulation diagram.
In fact, as long as the speed is not too fast or you want to die, flying in the asteroid belt is still very simple.
At least the Andromeda piloted by No. 1 is very capable. It just needs to avoid those crowded asteroid groups in advance, because the material in the asteroid belt is actually very thin.
It can be seen that thinness and scarcity of matter are the essence of the universe.
Dong Chen estimated that even if two galaxies collided, the highest probability would be that the two galaxies would pass through each other and not even one of them would be taken away, because the visible matter in the starry sky is so thin.
If there really is a planet that explodes due to a very, very, very small chance of collision, then you must confess your love as soon as possible, because if you don't confess, the earth will explode.
"On the 1st, I think Arclight Aerospace can launch a flight to the asteroid belt in the future, so that people can come and see what the real asteroid belt is. Stop looking at the simulation pictures and talking nonsense all day long."
Dong Chen discussed this issue with No. 1 while admiring the different scenery.
Number 1 smiled and said, "Sir, I don't think you need to worry about this. They will also come to the asteroid belt to develop. After all, the asteroid belt is a very good space mine for humans. I think all countries in the world I won’t let you go here.”
"If there is demand, people will naturally come here. Once people come, there will be more opportunities for humans to learn about this place."
"Haha, that's right, we don't need to worry about it." Dong Chen also laughed.
"I just don't know when they will come, and when they come, I will be confused when they see swarms of space battleships and space fighters."
"Sir, you are really... a bad taste." Number 1 covered his mouth and laughed beside him, then raised his finger and pointed to the front porthole and said, "Sir, we have arrived at Vesta."
"Oh? So fast?"
Hearing No. 1's words, Dong Chen was slightly surprised and turned his head to look forward. Sure enough, he saw the oblate spherical shape of Vesta and its surface full of craters.
"It's really here."
