This space cruiser brought more than just their team. There were many other teams, and the asteroids stationed there were all in this area.
It’s just that the asteroid Xia Chujian and his group were assigned to garrison was the farthest from here.
The intercom in the aircraft emitted the electronic synthesized voice of the Star Cruiser's navigation machine intelligence.
"Attention all teams of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet, we have arrived at our destination. Please disembark."
This electronic synthesized voice said it three times.
After three times, all the aircraft had flown out from the wide-open hatch of the bottom cabin of the Star Cruiser.
Xia Chujian is still the driver.
Although she said she would not continue to be a driver, at this time, she was still the one with the best driving skills.
At least we have to bring everyone safely to the asteroid zone 112 in the western region of the Shaofu starry sky.
The spacecraft flew in the vast space for another four hours.
Ahead, an irregular asteroid is already in sight.
This asteroid is indeed very small, like a large satellite or a meteorite formed by the breakup of an ordinary planet, floating in space.
Xia Chujian was curious and asked Qilu, "Qilu, why are these celestial bodies called asteroids? What's the difference between them and meteorites?"
Qi Lu said: "Master, asteroids are the transitional products of the growth of primordial nebulae into large planets."
"You can think of them as the building blocks of the giant planets."
"From this perspective, they actually have better prospects than satellites."
“Because they can grow.”
"Of course, the conditions required for their growth are too harsh."
"It's closely related to their star coordinates."
"They have to be at a distance from each other where they can blend into each other; if they are too far away, they can't capture each other."
"At the same time, they need to maintain a certain distance from the major planets and not get too close."
"If they are too close, these asteroids will be constantly shattered by the resonance from the larger planets as they merge with each other, and will not be able to achieve the purpose of agglomerating into a larger planet. Instead, they will become asteroids floating in the universe forever."
"For example, Shaofu is a large planet facing the asteroids in this area."
"Its distance from the asteroid belt is such that it's not fused enough and is above resonance."
"So this ensures that no new large planets will be born in the asteroid belt near it."
Xia Chujian listened with great interest and quickly asked, "Why is that? Why does Shaofu Star want to ensure that no new large planets are born around it?"
Qi Lu said, "Because when the giant planets formed, they would inevitably get too close to Shaofu."
"When two planets are close enough, they will definitely attract each other and merge."
"Then earth-shaking changes will occur on Shaofu Star, and Shaofu Star will no longer be Shaofu Star."
"From this perspective, even the planet itself has an innate sense of self-preservation."
"It refuses to be assimilated by other planets unless it is absolutely necessary."
Xia Chujian blinked and said, "Then what Qilu means is that the asteroid we are going to is in a relatively stable state."
"It won't grow into a large planet, nor will it continue to be broken into pieces by resonance. Is that what you mean?"
Qi Lu said in a childish voice with joy, "That's what I mean! Master is so clever!"
Xia Chujian smiled and boasted to it, "Qi Lu's explanation is still the best. I can understand 10% to 20% of such hard-core astrophysics knowledge!"
"For a physics idiot, this is an impossible task!"
Qilu's childish voice was filled with pride as he boasted, "Qilu is indeed quite capable in teaching!"
Xia Chujian smiled and said, "Come on, Qilu! Practice your teaching skills well. When you return, you can be the enlightenment teacher for Wufu and Xiao Jiuxiang!"
Qilu said excitedly in his childish voice, "Great, Master! Qilu will definitely not let you down!"
Xia Chujian spent four hours chatting with Qilu in random ways.
The asteroid in the West 112 area is already within sight.
It was not until they were almost at their destination that Xia Chujian saw it. Although it was called an "asteroid", its size was actually quite large, after all, it was the size of a celestial body.
Qilu detected that the diameter of this asteroid is about one hundred kilometers.
Because of its irregular shape, only a diameter can be estimated.
It looks very small from a distance, and without a high-power astronomical telescope, you can't see its shadow at all.
Now that he had landed, Xia Chujian realized that in the universe, the size seen by the naked eye was never the real size.
Only when you really come here can you feel the power of nature.
Xia Chujian drove the aircraft and flew around the asteroid at an altitude of 500 meters, which took only more than eight minutes.
Qi Lu began to play the images detected by the aircraft to Xia Chujian on her eyepiece display screen, while explaining to Xia Chujian.
"Master, this West 112 asteroid has no atmosphere. The air is thin, and the temperature ranges from -200 degrees Celsius to 150 degrees Celsius."
"The landscape is rough and desolate, with irregular cracks and trenches crisscrossing the entire surface of the asteroid."
"The surface is covered with craters caused by meteorite impacts. At the north and south poles of the asteroid, rocky mountains are abrupt and sharp, like jagged mountains."
"The equator is relatively flat, and the dust contains a high iron content. There are no special metal deposits, exotic metal deposits, or rare metal deposits."
"The extremely low gravity and the absence of air make the vision clearer, and everything seems to be within reach, but that is an illusion."
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