Into Unscientific

  Chapter 283 Should there be no need to eat an ax? (8.2K)

"what?"

  In the small shed.

  William Whewell was flipping through the observation records in front of him, and asked Xu Yun and others curiously:

   "Professor Gauss, student Luo Feng, is this the 'Star Conan' you are looking for?"

  I saw this moment.

   On the several observation records in his hand, a small dot was drawn with a circle.

  These small dots can only be seen with the naked eye. They are definitely found when you look carefully, but they are usually ignored with a high probability.

  Xu Yun nodded with a smile. He has simply checked the image just now, and he can confirm that what Gauss found is Pluto:

   "Exactly."

  William Whewell seemed a little puzzled. He compared the two black and white photos up and down, and muttered:

   "But the circles in these two photos are one above and the other below, how can it be seen that they are the same star?"

  Xu Yunjian said that he pouted at Gao Si, and both of them showed a hint of helplessness on their faces at the same time.

no way.

  Many times, front-end scientific research projects are like this.

  The results that scientists have worked so hard to achieve are somewhat inexplicable and confusing in the eyes of some people.

  However, those people are not necessarily malicious negation or brainless, but there are real cognitive barriers.

  When seeing some data that exceeds common sense, subconsciously, the question "Can modern technology achieve this precision?"

  For example, the LIGO of later generations.

   Everyone knows it detected gravitational waves, but few people know how insanely accurate this thing is.

  Its arm length is 4km, and the light path is reflected 400 times inside, and the laser light path length reaches 1600km.

   This is not over yet.

  The gravitational waves it detects are essentially fluctuations from more than a billion light-years away with an amplitude of one-thousandth of a proton’s radius.

  This is like a typhoon raging in the Pacific Ocean. You throw a stone on the shore of Shanghai, and he measures the ripples caused by the stone on the beach in California.

   May I ask how many ordinary people can not be confused?

  So some practitioners that Xu Yun knew would explain some things to others in Moments or Weibo at the beginning, but then they simply ignored it.

  Poor.JPG.

  This is the case in 2022, let alone 1850, when the modern scientific system was just established.

  For a philosopher like William Whewell, finding an exoplanet through calculation is indeed a bit outrageous in logic.

Of course.

   Fortunately, apart from William Whewell, there are quite a few sensible people.

   Like Faraday.

   Such as Riemann.

   Like Weierstrass.

   Another example is those students majoring in mathematics and natural science.

  With the presence of these people, Gauss’s efforts will not turn into a sentence of ‘Is this thing real? ’ interrogative sentence.

   Then Xu Yun looked at Gauss, saw that the little old man was in good spirits, and said:

   "Professor Gauss, please start positioning."

position.

   This concept is not difficult to understand.

   It is to lock the position of Pluto at this moment through the previously calculated orbit.

   This is also the last part of today's observation mission.

   Well known.

  Planets and stars are moving every moment, planets revolve around stars, and stars revolve around the center of galaxies or star clusters.

  However, due to the different orbits and distances.

  Most stars are basically stationary for humans, while planets often appear in different positions at different times.

  For ordinary people, it is easier to find the four stars of gold, wood, fire and earth in the four seasons.

  Because they are basically located in the same orbital plane as the earth, if the earth's orbital plane is used as the reference, the difference in orbital inclination between them is even less than 5 degrees.

   This orbital plane is the ecliptic.

   That is to say.

  If you want to find gold, wood, fire and earth, you only need to look for it in the sky area near the ecliptic.

   As for the locking of the zodiac, there are many ways.

  For example, you can use your mobile phone to download the electronic star map, where you don’t know where to click, and fishermen don’t have to worry about your study anymore.

  You can also move your eyes to reverse the ecliptic plane by looking for constellations near the ecliptic.

   Among them, Leo and Virgo are best recognized in spring.

  The line connecting the constellations in front of Leo is sickle-shaped, and the brightest one at the bottom is Regulus 14, and the area close to it is the ecliptic.

  Summer is Scorpio and Sagittarius.

   The zodiac passes between the pincers (Palestine) and the heart (Antares) of Scorpio.

  Autumn is Pegasus, and the two stars on the east side extend about twice the distance to the south, which is the position of the ecliptic

  Winter is Taurus, and the zodiac is between Aldebaran and the Pleiades. (It is suggested that everyone can try it. It is very interesting. I taught a buddy this method at the beginning, and later he used this trick to attract a girl at a barbecue stall. It is a real thing.)

   Planets other than metal, wood, fire and earth are more troublesome to locate.

  For example, Mercury can only barely be observed after sunset or before sunrise, and Uranus and Neptune need to be assisted by MATLAB scripts.

   As for Pluto?

   This thing is really outrageous.

   Its orbital inclination is 17.1405 degrees, and its rotation axis inclination is close to 120 degrees. It can almost be said to be lying down and rotating

  Even in 2022, not many people can calculate Pluto's orbit by hand.

  Under normal circumstances, there are probably only two or three of a polytechnic university.

  However, the abilities of people are different. For Gauss, this step is as long as you really have hands

  I saw him pick up a pen, and quickly calculate on paper according to the calculated orbital formula.

five minutes later.

  A set of data appears:

  Right ascension 06h42m10.38726s, declination 08°23′22.4764″.

   Corner diameter 0.065″-0.115″.

   Flat rate <1%. (This is the coordinates of Pluto on November 17, 1950. I can’t calculate it in 1850. I don’t know why the VSOP87 module crashes when it is turned on. Is the i3 already so lazy now?)

   Then Xu Yun took the paper to the side of the astronomical telescope, and handed the paper to Hubert Airy's father, George Biddle Airy, the current director of the Greenwich Observatory.

   This was the condition that Xu Yun had negotiated with Hubert Alley in the cafe that day, and it was also one of the reasons why he persuaded George Beadle Alley to help.

   That is to use the discovery of Pluto to eliminate the pressure of public opinion on George Biddle Alley.

  Therefore, the final star-seeking link was naturally performed by George Biddle Alley.

   Besides, to be honest.

  The astronomical telescope in 1850 has a lot of small parts. You can ask Xu Yun to operate it roughly, but he really doesn’t have the ability to do micro-manipulation

  George Biddle Alley took the note, glanced at Gauss, and then at Xu Yun deeply.

   It's time to decide whether your choice is right or wrong.

   Or to be precise.

   Time to decide if everyone is tired enough tonight, or if it's time to work all night for nothing.

  Under heavy pressure.

   Rao is George Biddle Alley, who has a lot of experience, and he still feels a little uneasy at this time.

   Then he took a deep breath and walked over to the binoculars.

   Corrected the star position according to the coordinates.

  Pluto in 2022 is retrograde in Capricornus, while Pluto in 1850 is still wandering around Orion.

Of course.

  The "retrograde" and "wandering" here both refer to the picture from the perspective of the earth. On the cosmic scale, their actual distance is more than thousands of light years.

   Following the coordinates given by Gauss, George Biddle Airy quickly found one of the targets:

  Orion B Molecular Cloud Complex.

   This complex has a very domineering name in later generations, called "Cosmic Light Saber":

   Among them, an adolescent star releases two jet streams into space, like a laser sword, showing powerful and terrifying power.

   Other than that.

   There is also a nebula called NGC 2068 in this complex.

Of course.

   Compared with the number NGC2068, its other name is a little more well-known:

  M78 nebula.

   That's right, it is the M78 where the Kingdom of Light is located.

  M78 appears to be a blob with a small telescope, and has two stars of 10th and 11th magnitude, so it's easy to find.

  Unfortunately, Ultraman Gauss was not born in the Land of Light,

   Otherwise, Gauss should have a special sense of joy when he saw Gauss' hometown.

   After locking this star area.

  George Biddle Airy manipulated the fine adjustment of the worm, then calibrated the polar axis, and tightened the screws.

   In less than half a minute, the starry sky was completely locked.

  Some astronomical telescopes of later generations will be equipped with digital display screens, but the technical level is not up to the standard these days, so there is only one way to deal with right ascension and declination after two decimal places:

   Use the ruler to segment the finderscope.

   I saw George Biddle Alley, a tall man, took out a caliper from his body, and turned the torque with a creak.

  Then bent down, lay down on the finder scope like a brown bear gnawing on a honeycomb, and measured the scale.

  Greenwich Planetarium in 2022 once exhibited a longitude and latitude scale in the early 20th century. The accuracy can reach about five to six decimal places, and the accuracy is relatively good.

   "10.3853610.38542"

ten minutes later.

  George Biddle Airy, who had been muttering about the data, suddenly let out a heavy snort, dropped the latitude and longitude scale, and rushed to the eyepiece to observe.

   A few seconds passed.

  He raised his head ecstatically, and said loudly to Xu Yun, Gauss and others:

   "I found it, I found Star Conan!"

   Hear this statement.

  The scene surrounded by hundreds of people was silent at first, and then a burst of noisy discussions erupted.

   Seeing this, Gauss exchanged glances with Xu Yun, and quickly walked to George Biddle Alley:

   "Director Airy, have you found Star Conan? Are you sure?"

   "One hundred percent sure!"

  George Biddle Airy slapped his chest, and at the same time gave up his body position, and gave Gauss the observation point.

  Gauss nodded to him in thanks, walked to the observation position, and began to look at the eyepiece.

  George Biddle Alley stood beside him respectfully, providing guidance for Gauss' observations:

   "The position of Conan is at the upper right of the viewing angle, there are no other celestial bodies around, and there are two stars whose vertical angles are close to a straight line on the left and right of the three fields of view on the left"

  At the prompt of George Biddle Airy, Gauss quickly found the planet:

   This is not a particularly bright planet, it occupies a corner of the starry sky alone, and there are no stars around it.

  As if

grim Reaper.

  Then Gauss slowly raised his head from the eyepiece, giving way to Faraday.

   Another half a minute passed.

   Faraday was replaced by Xu Yun.

  After Xu Yun left the observation point.

  He turned around and looked at Faraday and Gauss, and the three nodded at the same time.

   I saw Gauss puffed out his chest, looked around with sharp eyes, and said loudly:

   "Professors, students, all eyes are on me, I announce one thing!"

"That is"

   "Not long ago, we successfully discovered the ninth planet in the solar system!"

   "Tonight is a night of miracles that can be recorded in the history of science!"

  The voice fell.

  Wow—

   There was a burst of cheers at the scene.

  Faraday and Gauss are currently the number one in the field of physics and mathematics in the world, and because mathematics is the core of the classical education system, Gauss' influence is even greater than Faraday.

  With these two big bosses as guarantees, there is obviously no need to question the authenticity.

  As for Faraday and Gauss forcibly identifying a certain celestial body as Conan Star for their own sake?

joke.

   This is a discovery that is enough to cause a sensation in the European scientific community. At that time, there will definitely be a large number of astronomers to observe according to the trajectory.

  If it’s a lie, don’t say it in three to five days, maybe tomorrow night an astronomer in London will debunk it.

  Every era is actually the same, a bunch of people are eager to be the top spot in their respective industries.

  So if this kind of thing is accomplished, it is successful, and if it is not accomplished, it is not successful.

   There is no such thing as covering up failure for the sake of so-called face.

  Looking at the scene where the atmosphere was a little high, Xu Yun secretly gave Lao Tang a look.

  Lao Tang nodded to him, and waved to the side knowingly.

soon.

   gurgling—

  A cadre of the Federation of Students came to the scene with a few binoculars.

   It was mentioned in the copy of the Northern Song Dynasty.

  Pluto's apparent magnitude is between +13.6 and +14.03, which is a dark star.

   There is an empirical formula for the aperture of the telescope, which can easily calculate the limit magnitude ml of the telescope.

  This formula is ml=2.1+5lgD, D is the diameter of the telescope in millimeters, and lg is the logarithm.

   It is not difficult to calculate according to the formula.

  As long as it is an astronomical telescope with an aperture of 288 mm or more, you can see Pluto in good weather—provided that the light pollution is not too serious and it is not at the aphelion point.

  Although the University of Cambridge does not have many astronomical telescopes of this size in stock, there are actually five or six of them.

  Follow Xu Yun and Lao Tang's plan.

   After Pluto is discovered, these telescopes can be moved to the site so that as many students as possible can observe Pluto with their own eyes.

Thus.

  Students' sense of participation will be much higher than that of the photoelectric effect at that time, which is very beneficial to the observation itself, Gewu Society and even natural science.

as predicted.

  When these telescopes came to the scene, the atmosphere of the scene suddenly reached a climax tonight.

  A large number of students gathered at the eyepiece of the telescope, hoping to witness the ninth planet in the solar system with their own eyes.

   "Make me healthy!"

   "You stepped on my foot!"

   "I saw it, I saw it! Didn't it mean that Conan Star is very dark, why do I feel so bright?"

   "You saw a barren, so it is Rigel, a star discovered 19 years ago! Can the star not be bright?"

   "Student, do you want to join our Gewu Society? Anyway, you don't need money, and you can add as much as you want."

   Just when the scene was full of excitement, George Biddle Alley also came to Xu Yun.

  I saw the director of the Greenwich Observatory's expression was full of emotion at this time, and he said to Xu Yun seriously:

   "Student Luo Feng, thank you this time."

  George Biddle Alley's words were really not polite. Throughout the night, there were only two people he was most grateful for.

   One is Gaussian.

   Now he has both respect and gratitude for Gauss - reverence because he is also an astronomer and knows how difficult it is to lock a planet through mathematical calculations, or it is not a human thing at all

  Grateful because with the discovery of Conan Xing, the pressure on my body will drop sharply!

  He will change from a dull person who missed the discovery of Neptune to a positive figure who supports emerging disciplines and dares to explore the universe!

  Even in the past few moments, he has been thinking about which connections to go for, and let relevant reports come out as soon as possible.

   Another person whom George Biddle Alley is grateful for is Xu Yun.

  From the process point of view, the observation tonight can be divided into several links.

  Such as manpower mobilization, equipment debugging, data calculation, file classification and final observation, etc.

  If you evaluate from a single stage, Xu Yun may not be the one who contributes the most at each stage.

  For example, the manpower mobilization is due to Faraday, the equipment debugging is the Greenwich Observatory, and the quantity calculation is the calculation team

  But if all stages are integrated, then Xu Yun is undoubtedly the well-deserved number one contributor.

to some extent.

  This young Oriental is the real driving force behind this miracle

   is across from him.

  Looking at George Biddle Alley, who looked much more relaxed, Xu Yun smiled and waved his hands:

   "Mr. Airy, you praise me too much, I just rely on my ancestors."

   The words are not finished.

  Xu Yun suddenly felt an itchy neck.

  He turned his head subconsciously, and found that Avelyn was looking at him with a smile not far away.

  “.”

  Xu Yun was a little terrified by Avelyn's gaze, and quickly shrank his neck, resolutely admitted his cowardice, and changed his words:

   "Mr. Airy, I'm not being humble either. I just did a little work. It's just a matter of paper. I can't count it, I can't count it."

  George Beadle Alley took a deep look at him, didn't delve into it too deeply, but changed the topic and said:

   "By the way, student Luo Feng, have you figured out Conan Xing's alias?"

  Xu Yun was slightly taken aback:

   "Alias?"

   "Yeah, aliases."

  George Biddle Alley points, explaining:

   "For the star that has been discovered, we will also arrange an alias for it in addition to the standard name."

   “For example, Mars is the **** of war in Roman mythology, Mars, Mercury is Mercury, Europa is Europa, etc.”

   "Mr. Fat Fish was the first to formulate the derivation process of Conan Star, and Mr. Gauss and Professor Faraday also expressed their renunciation of naming rights."

   "So the task of naming it falls on you—after all, you are the only descendant of Mr. Fat Fish."

  Xu Yun nodded in understanding.

   It is a common custom both at home and abroad to give aliases to celestial bodies.

  For example, Mars is called Mars in Europe, and Yinghuo in the East.

  For example, Venus is called Aphrodite in Europe, Taibai or Venus in the East, etc.

   Similar examples abound.

  And because of the humiliating history of modern times, Europeans have always taken the initiative in naming rights.

  In later generations, many stars were named after European mythological figures.

   But the current Faraday or Gauss is worth mentioning.

   Even George Biddle Alley, the future president of the Royal Society, has a good reputation in history.

  In addition, in this timeline, the status of 'fat fish' has surpassed the differences of races.

  So George Biddle Alley generously gave up the naming rights to Xu Yun.

   As for Xu Yun.

   Naturally, I am happy to accept this kindness.

  In the past two lifetimes, he has seen many strange things, but he has never had the experience of naming celestial bodies.

  But what alias should I give Pluto?

  How about calling it Su Song, in memory of Lao Su, the pioneer of oriental astronomy?

Not good, not good.

  Old Su is not dead yet.

  Pluto’s original meaning is a bit inauspicious, and the planet’s environment is extremely cold, not to mention that it will be downshifted in the future, so it is inappropriate to use Lao Su’s name.

  Or just .

  Choose a name that can form a CP with Conan?

  Such as Hattori Heiji, Kidd or Genta?

   Doesn't seem appropriate either.

  Then who should I call?

   Between thoughts.

  Xu Yun suddenly caught a glimpse of Frederick Agar Ellis and his father, Vitorino Ellis, who were blushing and quickly retreating from the crowd.

  See this scenario.

  Xu Yun's eyes suddenly brightened.

  I saw him turn his head, smiled and said to George Biddle Alley:

   "Mr. Airy, maybe Conan's alias is 'Ellis'."

   "After all, this star was discovered under the 'care' of Earl Ellis."

   "I think that when people mention Conan Star, they will think of the contribution of Earl Ellis, what do you think?"

  George Biddle Alley blinked, raised his eyelids and glanced at Vitorino Ellis.

  His son Hubert Airy is also a student of the Department of Mathematics, so after the meeting was over, Vitorino Ellis' remarks were naturally repeated to him.

be honest.

  George Biddle Alley was somewhat dissatisfied with this kind of remarks. .

  Because he was also among the "whimsical people" that Vitorino Ellis said, he was inexplicably hit by the map.

  At the same time, as supporters of natural science, nobles such as George Biddle Airy and Vitorino Ellis also have certain differences in their positions.

  So facing Xu Yun's proposal, he agreed without much hesitation:

   "Okay, I also think Ellis is a good name. Its real name in Greek is Valis, which means a cold lowland. It is obviously a perfect description for Conan Star."

  Although the specific distance to Pluto is not yet known.

  According to the Titius-Bode rule, Pluto is about 30 astronomical units away from the sun, so the temperature of that planet must be extremely low.

  Using Valis to describe it is quite vivid.

  Afterwards, George Biddle Alley chatted casually with Xu Yun, then turned and left the scene.

   Seeing George Biddle Airy's disappearing figure, Xu Yun couldn't help touching his chin.

  Because of the letter he wrote to Mavericks, Mavericks had discovered Poisson's bright spot in advance, and the name was changed to Newton's bright spot.

   That is to say.

  Due to my own reasons, this timeline lacks a face-slapping allusion.

  Then now that I return a new allusion to this world, then it can be regarded as a clean slate.

  Reasonable and reasonable.JPG.

   Then Xu Yun suddenly thought of something, lowered his head, and touched the ax on his waist.

  Feeling its hard ax edge, Xu Yun exhaled lightly:

   "Very good, it seems that I don't need to speak again this time."

   As a result, the voice did not fall.

  In a small shed not far away, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly came:

   "Ah, that's weird"

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  (end of this chapter)