The legend of Tiga

Chapter 2037 The ninth planet?

"The ninth planet?" Asuka Shin shouted, then blinked twice and asked in confusion, "Isn't it Pluto?"

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Yumimura Ryo was speechless about such "unlearned" remarks. Even though Zero Flight School mainly teaches flying techniques rather than academic knowledge, it shouldn't be so "ignorant".

Pluto was expelled from the planet, such a big deal. Although it may not be that big of a deal, shouldn't it be common sense?

  Asuka Shin's "naive" remarks made Yumimura Ryoto begin to doubt her life, wondering if what she considered "common sense" might be unheard of for some people?

Isn't the back seat a typical example?

  Pluto has been expelled from the planet for ten years, but this guy can still shout and express surprise.

It's speechless!

Yumimura Ryo was controlled for several seconds before he said helplessly: "Pluto is no longer a planet. It has been classified as a dwarf planet."

Perhaps thinking that this statement would be difficult for Asuka Shin who had little 'common sense', he added: "It is just a dwarf among the planets, and cannot be considered an adult among the planets."

"So that's it!"

Asuka Shin's sudden realization further strengthened Yumimura Ryo's understanding of "common sense".

"So we found another planet." Asuka Shin finally figured out what was going on.

"Yes!" Yumimura nodded and said, "When the Space Development Agency used the space telescope to search for Romus III, they took a lot of photos. When analyzing these photos, they accidentally discovered this planet with a strange orbit."

In fact, it was not so accidental. PWI first discovered this coordinate in the cosmic web, and then the Space Development Agency began to search for photos taken by space telescopes in this area.

You don’t know until you see it. I was shocked to find that I had discovered a planet.

This brings us to the principle of shooting with a space telescope. It is not like an ordinary camera where you just press the shutter button, but requires continuous observation.

Just like the first photo of a black hole taken by humans, the amount of data collected alone was as high as 4.2 million GB.

So, normally, space telescopes will focus on shooting wherever they need to see.

After discovering the new planet, they immediately conducted continuous observations and used supercomputers to provide some preliminary basic data of the planet:

It has a diameter of about 1,200 kilometers and a volume about one-third of the moon. It is still in the Kuiper Belt, but is moving toward the sun along an almost vertical orbit. According to the currently observed orbit, the planet will reach perihelion in 285 years.

Then, at a distance of 100 million kilometers from the sun, it makes a big turn and flies out of the solar system at an even faster speed under the terrifying gravitational pull of the sun. In the words of some astronomers, it is very similar to when humans launch deep space probes, they use the gravitational slingshot effect of massive planets such as the Earth and Mars to accelerate.

Therefore, some experts worry that this planet may have "ulterior motives", such as being a man-made or human-controlled celestial body, using the gravitational slingshot of a star to accelerate. Otherwise, the orbit would be too perfect, and it would just enter the orbit around the sun and allow itself to fly out.

It will neither be captured by the sun's gravity to become a member of the solar system nor be torn apart by the sun. It will maximize the acceleration effect of the sun's gravitational slingshot and bypass the eight planets in the solar system, and will not be affected by the gravity of these massive planets.

This is hard to explain with a word of 'coincidence' or natural wonder.

Also, how could such a large celestial body, flying into the solar system instead of orbiting the sun in the Kuiper Belt, be discovered only now?

After ruling out other reasons, the answer is obvious.

That is this planet, which is very likely a wandering planet, that is, an interstellar planet that does not orbit any star, wandering in the galaxy or even the universe.

If it really is just a wandering planet, then we would make a fortune.

First, it has extremely high scientific research value. After all, this is the first time that humans have encountered an interstellar planet. Also, there must be various mineral deposits on it, and perhaps there are minerals that do not exist in the solar system.

Taking all factors into consideration, TPC decided to launch large-scale scientific research and mineral exploration on this moon and not let it slip away in vain.

But before that, the safety of the planet must be ensured. What if it is an interstellar fortress of aliens, or something else? If unarmed scientists go there, they will be asking for trouble.

It’s not that TPC is too cautious, but there is precedent.

Eight years ago, the Mechanical Island left a deep impression on everyone. Such a large island could move in the universe at such a fast speed and carry so many weapons and equipment.

If the Mechanical Island had not been entirely run by intelligent programs without any manual operation, and if Ultraman Tiga had not fought desperately, I'm afraid the Earth would have been bombed into a wasteland by the Mechanical Island.

And now a planet more than a thousand kilometers in diameter has arrived and is heading straight towards the sun. It is hard not to have all kinds of thoughts, such as whether it will collide with the earth or even the sun.

Even if they do nothing and just change their orbits to pass by the Earth, the gravitational influence of the two massive planets on each other will be enough to cause a huge disaster to the Earth.

Just think about it, the moon is only orbiting 380,000 kilometers away from the earth, but it can cause more than 700 trillion tons of ocean water to surge on the earth.

This planet is much larger than the moon. Once it comes near the earth, it will definitely be a doomsday disaster.

That's why TPC hurriedly sent Yumimura Ryo to drive the Victory Condor to Pluto orbit to meet Chiba Makoto.

It’s not to help, but to provide Chiba Makoto with a place to stay.

Although Chiba Makoto is an Ultraman, he cannot maintain the Ultraman status forever. Just like a ship, even if it can sail on the sea for a long time, it still cannot leave the land.

Therefore, there still needs to be an environment suitable for humans to settle down for Chiba Makoto. Currently, the fastest aircraft in TPC is the Victory Eagle, so it was sent over in a hurry so that he could set off as soon as possible to see what is going on on this planet.

"So that's it!"

Asuka Shin suddenly realized, and he was wondering why only Yumimura Ryo came, so he must be the driver.

But he immediately said with great interest: "A planet wandering in the universe, how long do you think it has been flying in the universe? What does its surface look like? I am really looking forward to it."

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Yumimura responded with silence, but in his heart he wanted to shout "How should I know?"

She has never seen a wandering planet and this is her first time facing one. Does this guy think I know all this?

Fortunately, this "torture" did not last long because we arrived at our destination.

Satan Space Station is located on Saturn. This is the second largest space station in TPC, second only to Delta Space Station between the Earth and the Moon. It has 30 to 40 berths for spacecraft and can berth 10 space transport ships of 100,000 tons at the same time. It is the outpost for mankind to step into the outer solar system.

"so big!"

Asuka Shin looked out the window of the ship. His eyes almost popped out of their sockets in shock at the huge space station that almost filled his entire field of vision.

It has always been said that human technology is advanced and TPC is vigorously promoting new field plans, but only at this moment did I truly feel how advanced human technology is and how huge the new field plans promoted by TPC are.

A space station as large as a small city is floating in the space, with large and small aircraft coming in and out, which is exactly what humans imagine a space station to be.

"What is that? Why is it landing on Saturn?" Asuka Shin raised his hand and pointed at a spacecraft that flew out from the space station and then landed on Saturn. He felt very strange.

Isn't Saturn a gas planet?

How do I log in? Is it suspended?

"Oh, this," Yumimura drawled, but his right hand quickly tapped on the small keyboard next to him, using the smallest movement and the fastest speed to call up the information about the Satan Space Station, and then he said slowly and methodically: "Resource ship, go collect fusion materials."

Then he lowered his eyes and used his peripheral vision to look at the small screen and gave Fei Niaoxin a 'popular science' message: "The construction location of the space station is not decided casually, but has a scientific basis.

Because the space station uses fusion as energy, there is a huge demand for helium-3. In the solar system, apart from the moon, the two gas planets Jupiter and Saturn have the most helium-.

Saturn is relatively calm compared to Jupiter, and it has many satellites, including several massive satellites. In particular, Jupiter's sixth moon not only has a large amount of mineral deposits, but also has methane lakes that can be used as an energy source during mining, while Europa has a large amount of ice that can serve as a source of fresh water.

After comprehensive consideration, Saturn was chosen as the site for the outpost."

After reading all the information about the Satan Space Station in one breath, Yumimura Ryosai took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, evaluating himself and feeling that he had not lost the demeanor of a senior.

  but

"Senior, these are all from the Satan Space Station Manual."

Asuka Shin's words completely broke Yumimura Ryo's defense. If she hadn't been restrained by the seat belt, she would have stood up and beat Asuka Shin up. But even so, she wanted to turn around and bite him. She almost gritted her teeth and said, "Asuka Shin!!!"

"I'm here, Senior!"

"Give it to me."

Just as he was about to explode in anger, a voice came into the communication channel: "You are finally here. I have already coordinated everything. You don't have to wait in line. Just come to the third hangar."

Yumi Murakami shuddered, and his anger was instantly suppressed. He said, "Yes, Captain Chiba!"

Then, following the instructions of the tower of the Satan Space Station, it flew towards the third hangar.

There is no need to work hard. The automatic driving takes over and the computer navigates. The Victory Eagle automatically flies into the space station along the calculated orbit. Then the hatch closes and disinfection and oxygenation begin.

After completing this series of procedures, the hatch was unlocked, allowing Yumimura Ryo and Asuka Shin to leave the Victory Condor.

Chiba Makoto was already waiting outside. After Yumimura Ryo jumped down, he immediately stood at attention and saluted, and Asuka Shin quickly followed suit.

Chiba Makoto raised his hand and saluted in return, saying, "Thank you for your hard work, Team Member Yumimura. You should take a rest first. Asuka, follow me."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Yumimura Ryo held his helmet and followed the staff to the temporary lounge, while Asuka Shin followed behind Chiba Makoto and asked in confusion: "Captain, what's wrong?"

Chiba Makoto's expression was somewhat serious, and he didn't look like he was going to have any good news.

Qianye Cheng pursed his lips and said, "Fei Niao, how much do you know about the Zero Flight Plan?"

Hearing this name, the smile on Asuka Shin's face instantly disappeared. He was silent for several seconds before saying, "That was a plan to exceed the speed of light. Dad was the first test pilot."

"The pilot who disappeared into the light."

".Um!"

Chiba Makoto stopped, and Asuka Shin hurriedly stopped, looked up, and saw that they had arrived at the door of a hangar.

"The Plasma Hyaku-Shiki that your father was driving has been found." Chiba Makoto said, swiping his ID card to open the automatic door.

With a "beep" sound, the sealed airlock door slowly opened, allowing a silver-gray flat aircraft inside to enter Fei Niaoxing's eyes.

"dad."

He had heard about the plane that made his father disappear countless times, and now it was right in front of him, making Asuka Shin unable to control his emotions.

Chiba Makoto continued, "I found it in the orbit of Pluto. There is no damage on the surface, and it is empty inside. I have already notified the Space Development Bureau, and they are notifying the original Zero Flight Team to come here to inspect the entire aircraft to see if they can find anything through the flight records and onboard detectors."

This is also what everyone is concerned about, that is, where has Plasma Hundred Type gone over the years, whether it has reached or even exceeded the speed of light, and what happened when it reached and exceeded the speed of light.

There is still no trace of the bird or the horse, so we can only understand what happened that year through the records of the airborne detectors.

Therefore, at this moment, I don’t know how many people are praying devoutly, hoping that the great god of science will protect the detectors on the plasma 100 from being damaged and that the disks recording useful data can be read out.

Especially those who participated in the Zero Type Flight Method want to use these records and data to prove that there was no problem with the Zero Type Flight Method and that the accident was just an accident. They should not sentence the Zero Type Flight Method to death because of an accident, and affect their future, negate their efforts, and question their abilities.

In addition to their prayers, there were others who prayed that the Plasma Hundred Type did not exceed the speed of light. They were naturally the beneficiaries closely related to the Max power system.

Ever since the Plasma Type 100 incident, Max Power has suddenly become the dominant player and has monopolized TPC's high-level power systems. It is a monopoly, but they do not want a competitor to share their interests and voice.

But these will not change according to the will of an individual or a group, because the discoverer is Ultraman Tiga, and he has been staying next to Plasma Hyakushiki since the discovery, and has no chance to do anything else.