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Chapter 81 – 0.3 second shadow!

“What’s the matter with Academician Du? I heard that the bureau leader called him personally, but he refused to come out!” In the space agency, everyone talked.

“Is he dissatisfied with the Nobel Prize?”

“Just kidding! That’s the Nobel Prize. You can go to heaven if you can win it once in your life!”

“I also don’t understand why he withdrew from the Mars mission. Now the Mars mission has just begun.”

“He must have his own ideas, let’s do our own thing!” Xu Lianqiu passed by holding the folder, whispering.

As the discoverer of Mars microbes, she is now the deputy leader of the Mars mission team and her position is important.

“Du Xingyu, he must have hidden very important things in his heart.” Although Xu Lianqiu didn’t know what Du Xingyu was thinking, but instinctively told her that things that can make Du Xingyu so careful are definitely not trivial.

On the Internet, there are also some media that are talking about chasing after the wind, but few people pay attention.

Du Xingyu’s social account has not been updated for several months.

Netizens sent letters to ask:

“@ Earth observation, why not change it?”

“Congratulations on winning the Nobel Prize, how about you?”

“Didn’t the author return to Earth?”

“Tell me where is the address? I want to send the blade!!!”

“His account at station B has also been suspended. I don’t know what he’s doing? Is he performing any secret mission and can’t speak?”

Du Xingyu turned a deaf ear to all kinds of interference from the outside world, and he was observing and analyzing data every day.

One month later, at the astronomical observatory, Du Xingyu was using a computer to compare the observation data sent from the Tiangong Space Telescope.

“Huh? There is a problem!” Du Xingyu discovered that there was a slight error in the data of the precision pointing sensor.

This error can be almost negligible, but Du Xingyu believes that it is definitely not caused by a machine error.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

He immediately analyzed the data. The precision pointing sensor (FGS) collected starlight sixty times per second. In one collection last night, 0.3 seconds of data fluctuated. The sunlight reflected by Neptune changed in a very short period of time. It darkened, and then returned to normal!

You know, these starlights come from the sunlight reflected by Neptune, and it is impossible to suddenly dim and recover. Then there is only one possibility, a certain celestial body just flew in front of the observation point, blocking the light from that Neptune! This is similar to the occultation phenomenon, but this time it is not the stellar light that is concealed, but the faint light of Neptune.

Du Xingyu’s observation direction is both Neptune’s orbit and the nearby Kuiper belt. In this case, it is very likely that an asteroid temporarily obscures part of Neptune while flying.

“Did you find it?” Du Xingyu’s spirit was lifted up. Although he had not directly observed the asteroid, he already had its traces. Then, by continuous observation and comparison, he could find its flight orbit.

Du Xingyu not only observed it himself, but also contacted the Haleakala Observatory and asked them to observe together.

A week later, Du Xingyu finally confirmed his conjecture. There is indeed a fast-flying celestial body, passing by Neptune, flying towards the inner solar system.

Its orbital target is very close to the earth’s orbit. According to the calculation of the observation data every day, it can be roughly estimated that this celestial body should be an asteroid with a diameter of about 30 kilometers, mostly composed of rocks, and flying at a speed of 20,000. Five thousand kilometers per hour.

“Our calculations are the same!” Professor Beth from the Haleakala Observatory said in horror, “Now we can only calculate its existence through the data of FGS, and we cannot directly observe it.”

Just thinking about it, Professor Beth felt cold all over, like falling to hell! An asteroid with a diameter of 30 kilometers is flying towards the earth at a speed of 25,000 kilometers.

According to Neptune’s average distance of 4.496 billion kilometers from the earth, it will reach the vicinity of the earth in twenty years and five months, and then will collide with the earth under the pull of the earth’s gravity!

This will be a world-level disaster that the dinosaurs went extinct more than 65 million years ago. Who can resist it?

“God is going to punish humans!” Professor Beth suddenly slumped on the ground, her face pale.

“Professor, calm down. This is just our calculation. There may be a slight deviation. Its orbit may not intersect the earth’s orbit.” Du Xingyu comforted her, but the effect was limited.

Du Xingyu said: “Professor Beth, maybe you can contact the senior officials in your country to see how they handle it.”

“Yes, you must tell them about this! Don’t waste time!” Beth stood up hard, began to organize the data, and reported her findings.

Du Xingyu didn’t know exactly what happened.

He only knew that when he asked Professor Beth the next day, Beth looked dull and kept whispering, “They are too stupid! The disaster of extinction has arrived, no one believes that we will go to hell together!” God has abandoned us!”

“Sure enough!” Du Xingyu sighed, he guessed something. Their conclusions are only speculations based on astronomical observations, and the big figures are first skeptical.

Secondly, even if something like this really happens, some people may choose to hide it, and then make it public when there is really no way to cover it up. They are not stupid, it is precisely because they are too “smart” to calculate each other for their own benefit.

But at that time, everything was too late!

Or these people will make their own refuges, spaceships, and simply give up struggling and have fun… come up with various ways.

“Humans do not unite, all methods are in vain!” Du Xingyu is very clear about this, “I must announce this news to the world, even if it will cause panic and anxiety… But this is an extinction-level disaster for humans, and there is no time. Let these people continue to argue, conceal or escape!”

In the face of such disasters related to human civilization, individual people, cities, even countries, and continents are very small!

Three days later, Du Xingyu could no longer contact Professor Beth. The contact person at Haleakala Observatory told him that Professor Beth was a little unstable and was sent for treatment.

Regarding the previous observations, no one mentioned it again. This made Du Xingyu understand that if the breeze before the storm is too weak, it will be ignored. Only with a thunderbolt in the clear sky can the world be awakened!

Because the asteroid has already flown around Neptune, the light cannot be observed with the precision pointing sensor at this time, it is as if it is invisible! Even if someone wanted to look for it, they couldn’t find the slightest clue.

Du Xingyu didn’t tell anyone again. He knew that no one would believe it if he announced the news now. He still needs evidence!

“According to the analysis of the speed and orbit of the asteroid and the light perception capabilities of the space telescope, it will take at least 30 days to fly for preliminary observation. The coordinates should be near this point… At that time, the reflection of the sun will make The space telescope directly sees its image.” Du Xingyu calculated the time and location of the asteroid’s true appearance.

“Twenty-seven days later, it is December 10, the day of the Nobel Prize Ceremony.” Du Xingyu stood up and looked up to the sky: “It’s time to announce this news to the world!”