Vol 2 Chapter 1701: A small planetary nucleus worth 400 million yuan
Can samples be taken? Zhang Qutong turned around and asked the technicians.
Not sure, try it? Immediately under the control of the technicians, the large intelligent robotic arm of the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar patrol rover was replaced with a professional drill bit, and then drilled at the brown stone.
In order to be able to extract the rock samples inside the moon rock, the technicians specially prepared a professional exploration brick for this "Wangshu" intelligent lunar patrol rover, so as to be able to drill in the moon rock and extract the moon rock The substance inside.
But for the core of this asteroid, this drill bit is more difficult to drill. I saw the drill bit tell the rotational friction on the surface of the nucleus. After a long time, some of it got in, and some powder material was drilled out.
However, the drilling work did not stop, but continued to deepen until the drill bit went deep into the star core about 20 centimeters after drilling for about half an hour, and the drilling work ended.
Immediately, the large robotic arm was retracted, and the small robotic arm began to collect the powder material that was drilled out.
Put it into the experiment chamber immediately. Seeing these substances, the experts couldn't help but become anxious. They all want to know the ingredients in the nucleus of this star. You must know that the nucleus of these asteroids may contain the mystery of the formation of the solar system and the universe, so everyone is full of expectations for this detection and analysis.
Of course, they are anxious and anxious, everything still has to be carried out in accordance with the procedures. After completing the packaging and labeling of these star nucleus samples, the remaining samples were placed on the test bench in the proving ground. Immediately, the equipment in the test chamber analyzed the star nucleus samples on the test bench.
The waiting process is always anxious, not only the experts, but also the netizens who are watching live channels on the Internet. Netizens are very excited about being able to discover the star core. In particular, it is possible to extract a sample of the material composition inside the nucleus, which has a very high value for the formation of asteroids, the formation of the solar system, and even the formation of the universe.
The entire detection and analysis results took about forty minutes to complete, and then a magnified microscope photo of the sample of the material in the nucleus appeared on the big screen.
Because it is drilling, the extracted samples are all fine powders, but this is also good, so that the components in these star nucleus samples can be analyzed more clearly.
The photos under the microscope show that the substances in these samples are still very rich. In addition to the brown particles, there are also some particles of other colors. Among them, the most interesting ones are the fine silver particles. Through the element analysis equipment, the analysis and detection data information transmitted by the "Wangshu" intelligent lunar patrol rover on the lunar surface will soon be displayed on the big screen.
Looking at the table of element content in the sample displayed on the big screen, the experts were all excited.
This is a rare platinum asteroid, I said how hard drilling is. An expert took a cold breath.
Another expert said with emotion: "The content of platinum asteroids worthy of the name exceeds 46%. According to the reminder of this star core, it is estimated that more than one ton of platinum can be extracted from it. Just one ton. It is calculated that the price of platinum has risen rapidly in recent years, about 400 yuan per gram. This ton of platinum is one million grams, multiplied by 400, which is four billion. If nothing else, just put If this star core is transported back, we can recover the cost of our exploration mission, and even make a lot of money."
Vulgar, the scientific research value of this star core is far more precious than money. Didn’t you see, there are other substances besides platinum?
It is really true that besides platinum, there is 1% gold, 3% copper, 7% ferro-titanium, and the rest is quartz, and even glass components are tested. This shouldn't be regarded as glass. Its Mohs hardness has reached the level of ruby. This is really a precious star.
"It stands to reason that the energy generated by the impact of a star core like this should not just form such a small crater of one to two hundred meters and a length of 20 to 30 meters. And such a star core should also be drilled into the crater. , How can it be exposed on the surface, this is too abnormal."
"It's not normal." The experts nodded involuntarily. Indeed, the moon's gravity is small, but there is no atmosphere, and there is no such problem as frictional deceleration. Therefore, asteroids usually hit the surface of the moon directly, which is why there are so many large and small craters on the surface of the moon.
In addition, these asteroids fly very fast in space. In addition to being affected by the sun’s gravity, they are also affected by the speed of each planet. Therefore, these asteroids fly very fast in space, plus the earth and The influence of the moon's gravity, based on the visual size of the small planet's nucleus, can never just form such a small crater.
The experts frowned and thought for a while, and an expert came up with an idea of his own: "Could this star core not directly impact, but a secondary impact~www.readwn.com~ secondary formation? Impact? Other experts wondered.
Yes, is it part of the splashes of other large asteroids? The expert said his thoughts.
The experts shook their heads and expressed their opposition.
"Then there is another possibility."
When the expert saw other experts right, he was not angry, but immediately put forward a guess: "This asteroid should have been captured by the moon. After flying around the moon for a long time, because of the speed drop, Eventually, it was affected by the gravity of the moon and finally fell. This way, it does not fall very fast, so it can’t produce much power, and the crater formed is relatively small. This can also explain why this asteroid is The star core is exposed on the ground, and there is no reason to drill into the crater."
Hearing this conjecture, many experts nodded after thinking about it. Although this speculation is a bit bold, it is quite reasonable. This asteroid was subject to the gravity of the Earth and the Moon, which changed its original orbit. Because of the speed and angle, it accidentally cut into the orbit of the Moon, and was captured by the orbit of the Moon and began to circle the orbit of the Moon. Affected by the gravity of the moon and the earth, this asteroid's flight speed and orbit gradually decreased, and finally hit the moon.
This is the only way to explain why such a massive meteorite hits the surface of the moon, and the nucleus of such a massive meteorite hits the moon to form such a small crater.
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