Chapter 1872: Flying to Eris

Chapter 1872 Flying to Eris

So, Zhao Zhongyao took Feifei, Tiantian and Qu Yuqian, and followed the original path back to their spaceship.

After returning to the spaceship, Feifei couldn't wait to look at Zhao Zhongyao and asked, "Dad, we have already got the tenth amethyst gemstone, which is only 12 amethyst gemstones away from our goal." There are two, we have to hurry to find the remaining two amethyst gems. '

After hearing Feifei's words, Zhao Zhongyao nodded and said, 'Of course, we'll go find the eleventh amethyst gem right away. '

At this time every day, he also happily said, 'Dad, where is the eleventh amethyst gemstone? Shall we start looking for it now? '

After hearing what Tian Tian said, Zhao Zhongyao thought for a while and said, 'If I remember correctly, the eleventh amethyst gemstone recorded on the star map is on Eris. '

After hearing Zhao Zhongyao's words, Feifei and Tiantian both looked puzzled. Feifei hurriedly asked, 'Dad, what kind of star is Eris? Is it also a big planet? '

Feifei hadn't heard of the planet Eris yet, so he wondered if this Eris is also a relatively large planet.

At this time, Zhao Zhongyao said again, "Eris is a relatively large planet, but it is not considered a large planet, it can only belong to a dwarf planet, a dwarf planet like Pluto." '

‘Dad, then hurry up and tell us about this Eris star! We want to know a little about Eris. Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao and said.

'yes! Dad, hurry up and tell us what kind of planet this Eris is. Tiantian also looked at Zhao Zhongyao and said.

‘Okay, let me tell you the story of this Eris! However, we don't need to waste time here, we can tell the knowledge about this Eris while driving the spaceship to Eris. '

After Zhao Zhongyao finished speaking, he walked into the cockpit of the spaceship, preparing to drive the spaceship to this Eris.

Feifei and Tiantian also sat on both sides of Zhao Zhongyao with great interest, waiting to hear Zhao Zhongyao tell them the story of this Eris.

So, next, Zhao Zhongyao told some stories about Eris.

Eris is a celestial body very far away from the sun, and it is also the tenth planet considered by humans. Just because its mass is similar to that of Pluto, it cannot be classified as a large planet, but can only be classified as a dwarf planet.

Eris was discovered relatively late, and it is a distant outer solar system object discovered at the beginning of this century. This outer solar system celestial body is 96 astronomical units from the sun, which is about 14.4 billion kilometers away.

The surface of Eris is similar to that of Pluto, both are methane planets composed of a large amount of methane ice. However, compared with Pluto, the color of Yan Shensheng looks different from that of Pluto.

Pluto's surface color is orange-red when viewed from a distance. This is mainly because on the surface of Pluto, there is a kind of outer celestial substance called 'Tolin'.

This 'tholin' substance is a mixture of methane and ethane and some other substances. After this substance is irradiated by ultraviolet rays, it forms an orange-red substance, which looks very opaque, so it is called "Thorin" outer space substance.

Eris has a diameter of more than 2,200 kilometers, and its mass is larger than that of Pluto. It is a relatively large outer solar system object.

Although Eris is a dwarf planet, its mass is very large, so it also has a satellite revolving around it. Of course, this is just a satellite discovered by humans, and there may be more satellites that have not been discovered by humans.

Because this celestial body in the outer solar system is so far away from the earth, no one has been able to observe what the surface of this celestial body looks like until now. We can only get a general understanding of this dwarf planet by studying the spectrum of this dwarf planet.

While driving the spaceship, Zhao Zhongyao flew towards Eris, and at the same time told his wife and children some stories about this Eris.

After hearing Zhao Zhongyao's words, Feifei and Tiantian became more interested in this distant celestial body outside the solar system.

‘Dad, let’s hurry to this Eris to have a look! Humans have not observed this dwarf planet up close! We are the first human astronauts to visit Eris. Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao and said.

"Of course, with the technology of other countries on the earth, it is very difficult for the spacecraft to fly to Eris. Even if the probe is used to start from the earth, it will take about thirty years to reach Eris. It is a very long time, and it is a long time that human scientists are unwilling to wait. 'Zhao Zhongyao looked at Feifei and said.

‘Dad, that’s really great, we have finally flown out of the near-solar system now, we have reached the outer solar system, then we are the first batch of earthlings to enter outer space. ’ Feifei said happily.

"Of course, we are the smartest people among the people on earth. We have already arrived in the outer solar system, and we will soon be able to reach Eshensheng. At that time, we will be able to observe a distant and magical outer solar system celestial body up close. . Zhao Zhongyao said with a smile after hearing Feifei's words.

‘Dad, how far are we from Eris now! I can't wait to see what this Eris looks like. ’ After listening to the conversation between her father and brother every day, she also wanted to go to Eris to see it.

After listening to Tiantian's words, Zhao Zhongyao looked at the instruments on the spacecraft.

The dial said, 'We are now six billion kilometers away from our target planet. '

As soon as I heard my father's words every day, I said helplessly, 'Why, it's still so far away! Then when will we be able to fly to Eris. '

After hearing what Tian Tian said, Zhao Zhongyao smiled and said,'I will accelerate the flight now, but even if I accelerate to the fastest speed, it will take two hours. '

Zhao Zhongyao knew that although the speed of the spaceship they were driving was already very fast. The fastest speed reached 2.8 billion kilometers per hour. But it will take more than two hours to fly to Eris.

Because Eris is so far away from the earth, its distance from the earth is almost three times the distance from Pluto to the earth.

Even if the flying saucer spacecraft Zhao Zhongyao and the others were driving was very fast, it still took more than two hours to fly from Pluto to Eris.