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Chapter 274: You Forced Me! (9.6K)

As a well-known elementary school student of the god of death, Conan's fame in later generations can be said to be known to everyone.

Regardless of the plot, the popularity of the word "Conan" even exceeds that of Naruto and One Piece.

Naturally, there is only one star that can be described by Xu Yun as "Conan Star".

That's Pluto.

This is also a highly controversial and topical mysterious planet.

The initial perception of Pluto in the astronomical community is the series of minor problems exhibited by Uranus mentioned above.

Therefore, some astronomers believe that there is another planet in the outer orbit of Uranus, exerting gravitational force on it through a long distance.

So since the beginning of the 20th century, astronomers have been trying to observe the possible planet.

This observation process lasted for more than 20 years, and the planet was named "Planet X".

The first person to take pictures of Pluto was Percival Lowell.

A wealthy Bostonian, he founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1894 to try and find the mysterious 'Planet X'.

Lowell actually took two images of Pluto on March 19 and April 7, 1915, one of which was even in the center of the picture.

But unfortunately, he didn't recognize that it was Pluto.

It was not until 1929 that another young man named Clyde Tombaugh officially discovered Pluto.

However, the person who proposed the term Pluto was not Clyde Towne, but an 11-year-old British girl, Venetia Burnie.

The little girl was very interested in classical mythology since she was a child, so she suggested naming this planet after Pluto, the god in charge of the underworld—so the Chinese name of this planet is "Pluto".

And this little girl also relied on this incident to permanently leave a black and white makeup photo of herself in the annals of history. (If you are interested, you can search for it, and you can see the photos on Baidu)

But as one of the most controversial celestial bodies in the past century, the story of Pluto is far from over.

It can even be said that its discovery is just a prologue.

Friends who were born before 1995 may remember such a thing:

Twenty years ago, I suddenly saw a piece of news one day, saying that the nine planets in the solar system suddenly became eight, and Pluto was removed from the list.

Friends with better memory may still remember that this unlucky guy was classified as a dwarf planet.

This actually happened in 2006, when an International Astronomical Union Congress was held in Prague, Czech Republic.

At the meeting, astronomers from all over the world voted for a new definition of a planet, formally deciding to downshift Pluto.

There are seven reasons why Pluto was downshifted, such as the inclination, the companion star Charon, and so on.

But considering that some of them are more complicated, only one of the very key factors is mentioned here:

Because of the Kuiper belt objects, or to put it more intuitively, because of the many discoveries of "Pluto killer" Mike Brown.

Kuiper belt.

People who have read science fiction should not be too unfamiliar with this term, such as the book friend of Bomb Ren.

Actually.

The Kuiper Belt is an area rich in icy small celestial bodies that exists at the edge of the solar system. More than 1,000 Kuiper Belt celestial bodies have been discovered so far.

It is estimated that there are a total of more than 100,000 small celestial bodies with a diameter of more than 100 kilometers in the Kuiper belt-its extension and total amount of matter are much larger than the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. (DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw9771, Nature magazine, very interesting)

Mike Brown is an astronomer who is obsessed with Kuiper belt objects. Since 2001, this buddy has led a team to tirelessly search for new Kuiper belt objects, and has discovered as many as 37 objects so far.

The most famous of these are Sedna, discovered in 2003, and Sedna, discovered in 2005.

Eris.

And Eris is the murderer who gave Pluto a crucial blow.

The volume of Eris is smaller than that of Pluto, and its diameter is about 100 kilometers smaller. For a star, the difference is almost not that big.

But its mass is 1.27 times that of Pluto.

That is, A is 170 and B is 169, but A is 100 kg and B is 127 kg.

It is self-evident who has the greater impact to the naked eye.

As a result, the voice of opposition from the astronomical community at that time was even louder:

If Pluto is the ninth planet, wouldn't the newly discovered Eris be called the "tenth planet" in turn?

Couldn't the other stars in the Kuiper belt be called "the eleventh planet" and "the twelfth planet". Then they are endless?

And then.

Maybe some Internet writers will continue to write down by replacing numbers when they introduce the Kuiper belt, so as to achieve the achievement of 30,000 updates per day?

That's really cool, bah, that's really shameless.

So this is obviously unreasonable.

In addition, Pluto itself has a satellite Charon that is not much smaller in size, that is, the famous Charon, forming a very special star model with each other.

So in 2006.

The Astronomical Congress finally came up with a new definition of a planet:

In the sphere revolving around the sun, only those celestial bodies that can "clear out the celestial bodies in adjacent orbits" by their own gravity can be called "planets".

Pluto is a big family of brothers and sisters, sorry, it can only be called a "dwarf planet".

After a wave of version updates, Pluto was severely weakened, and the possibility of being strengthened has not yet been seen.

It is estimated that there is only a slight chance of it reappearing until the universe destroys the hero to be reworked.

In 2010.

Mike Brown also published a best-selling book based on the experience called "How I Killed Pluto".

Even more murderous.

At present, Mike Brown is still trying to lobby everywhere, hoping that the next time a spacecraft plans to pass by Pluto, he will send him this book by the way.

Of course.

Now that we are talking about Pluto, here is a little science knowledge by the way.

That is, in the current solar system, there may actually be an undiscovered "ninth planet" that truly meets the planetary standard.

This is not Minkha of the Flat Earth theory.

It is a very, very controversial topic at the front end of the astronomy community.

The source of all evil on this topic is still Mike Brown's children's shoes, which is the Sedna he discovered in 2003.

Sedna's orbit is extremely elliptical, and it is far away from the sun. Even the perihelion is far greater than the distance from Pluto to the sun.

All astronomers at the time thought Sedna was an oddity.

Yet in 2012.

Trujillo in Mike Brown's team discovered 2012 VP113 with a diameter of about 500 kilometers and an equally peculiar orbit.

The orbits of Sedna and 2012 VP113 tend to converge near the perihelion. This result was published in the journal Nature in 2014. (doi.org/10.1038/nature13156)

This finding suggests a creepy possibility:

These two celestial bodies may be affected by some kind of "pull" at the same time.

Then came 2016.

The Brown team analyzed the orbits of 6 large celestial bodies beyond Neptune in one go——Sedna, 2004 VN112, 2007 TG422, 2010 GB174, 2012 VP113, 2013 RFS98…

and found

These 6 large celestial bodies are not completely "flying around":

They still tend to cluster around perihelion - which is less likely to be a coincidence.

All Brown they guess.

Around the Oort Nebula, there may be a previously undiscovered gravitational pull of a giant planet, far affecting the orbits of these objects.

It has about 10 Earth masses, an average distance of about 20 times that of Neptune to the Sun, and an orbital period of about 10,000 to 20,000 years.

By the way.

Some people think that what exists there is not a planet, but a black hole the size of an orange-this is the origin of the so-called black hole that may exist in the solar system.

Of course.

This is just a theoretical guess, and no one has been able to discover this planet yet.

After all, the solar system is too big, and we have not yet been able to probe the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud in depth.

Like Voyager 1, launched in 1977.

According to Voyager 1's current speed of 17 km/s, it will take at least 520 years to reach the Oort cloud.

And for Voyager 2 with a speed of 15.4 km/s, it will enter the Oort cloud after 580 years.

If you want to enter from one side of the Oort cloud and then pass out from the other side, it will take another 30,000 years, and Voyager 1 will completely lose contact with the earth in 2025.

all in all.

The possible existence of the 'ninth planet' is actually one of the hottest topics at the moment.

Even civil sciences in China or around the world are flocking to it, hoping to find its trace, so as to record their names in history.

Like a fisherman Xu Yun knew, a telescope was installed at the back of the car when he was fishing.

Obviously looking at Mars is hard, but I think I can find the ninth planet

After several hours every day, I haven’t caught any fish or discovered any planets, and I still enjoy it.

I don't really understand you fishers.JPG.

Alright, back to reality.

The reason why Xu Yun focused on Hubert Airy this time was mainly for two reasons.

Naturally, it was to get on the line with his father, George Biddle Alley.

Follow normal history.

George Biddle Alley not only survived the catastrophe, but eventually even became the president of the Royal Society.

However, George Biddle Alley obviously couldn't guarantee his own future, so Xu Yuneng helped him relieve the pressure, which was undoubtedly a textbook-like timely help.

As for the second purpose.

The astronomical telescope at Greenwich Observatory.

After all, it is different from the observation in the Song Dynasty.

For the observation organized by Xu Yun in the Song Dynasty copy, first of all, he had a lot of manpower and material resources for him to drive, and he had relatively plenty of time.

Secondly, whether they observe the moon or the crab nebula, they are all fixed "targets".

Even the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle was just a trick by Xu Yun relying on the birthday of Cai Boyu, a fellow villager.

But not this time.

The brightness of Pluto is only 13.8 magnitude, and the orbit is extremely complicated, it is not easy to lock it.

In addition, Xu Yun is not a student majoring in astronomy after all, so he can only deduce the orbit of Pluto mathematically instead of copying and cutting.

This is also the reason why he asked Lao Tang to find a bunch of tool people from the Department of Mathematics—he needed to calculate on the spot through the existing data.

So he seemed very confident on his lips, but he was actually under some pressure in his heart.

Of course.

Xu Yun fell in love with the astronomical telescope at the Greenwich Observatory not only because of its accuracy, but also because it was large enough.

According to what Xu Yun saw during his visit.

This telescope is not much smaller than the old Su's, and it can attract attention when placed there.

Thus.

When the whole plan is officially implemented, it will definitely attract the attention of a large number of students.

And it is different from the previous rounds of experiments.

The experimental students at that time could only watch from a distance but not get started, and could only look at Faraday's expressions throughout the whole process, but this time the astronomical observation

You can watch it for as long as you like!

Even though the status of a college student is very precious these days, in terms of astronomy, few people in the entire Cambridge University have access to a telescope of that size.

The degree of participation and sense of accomplishment brought by this model are completely different concepts from the previous experimental process.

Facing the vast starry sky at that time, the audience will easily extend their awe of the starry sky to Gewushe to a certain extent.

Xu Yun didn't believe it anymore.

No matter how awesome your apostle club is, can you still suppress the young man's adrenaline rush?

Don't you see how many people in those live broadcast rooms in later generations are making impulsive consumption every night?

And it is different from the large number of consumer refunds that exist in the live broadcast room.

As long as he is tricked into Gewushe, Xu Yun has a thousand ways to make the other party follow up with the brothel, wishing to live here

Afterwards Hubert Airy had a brief conversation with Xu Yun, and the two officially parted ways.

That afternoon.

A handwritten letter from Hubert Airy was expedited to the Greenwich Observatory.

Xu Yun took the club application form he had filled out and went to find Lao Tang in the dormitory next door—it was only then that he knew that Lao Tang was actually the vice president of the Cambridge University Students' Union.

But it's normal to think about it.

If you are not a deputy of the Student Federation or the head of an important internal department, you are not qualified to run for the chairman, right?

"Mr. Thomson."

Xu Yun had no class in the afternoon, so he was not in a hurry to discuss business with Thomson, but first inquired about Sylph:

"Yesterday you tied cough cough, how is the little girl you rescued?"

Hearing this, Lao Tang pushed his chin out of the window, and a building could be vaguely seen there:

"With Dean Whewell's consent, she has been placed in the church on campus and lives with more than a dozen orphans."

"You can go and see her when you have time. After all, she just arrived in a new environment, and the girl still looks a little nervous."

"The pastor said that she kept holding on to her small purse, as if she was afraid that others would snatch it, and she didn't communicate with others. I don't know if she is naturally introverted."

Xu Yun couldn't help sighing when he heard that.

Sylph seems to have a good relationship with the "Brother Frege" who died before meeting her. Now that her only friend has passed away, this little girl is still a little bit overwhelmed.

Hey, I'd better go see her if I get a chance.

Then Xu Yun shook his head, handed the application form to Lao Tang, pointed to the densely packed words on it, and said:

"Mr. Thomson, let's talk about the society - my form has been filled out, can you see if there are any questions?"

Lao Tang took the application form, shook it lightly like a doctor of later generations reading a CD, and read it seriously.

As a result, after looking at it, Lao Tang suddenly heard a humming sound full of surprise from his nostrils:

"Huh? Luo Feng, why is my name written in the column of the president? And your rank is still after Aveline?"

Xu Yun sat upright with his hands on his knees, not surprised by Lao Tang's reaction.

That's right.

On this form, the president that Xu Yun filled out was none other than Lao Tang himself!

Xu Yun's name was listed after Avelyn, and in the column of the third president.

After all, he has one and only one task in the second ring this time, which is to push Lao Tang to the position of president of the Student Union.

So the credit on the surface must go to Lao Tang, and he just needs to be the man behind him.

What's more, Xu Yun will inevitably disappear from the dungeon after the task is completed, so he and Lao Tang are considering two things:

According to Xu Yun's plan.

Lao Tang has been the president of the Gewu Club for a year, and after graduation, he can hand over the club to Avelyn. At that time, Avelyn may use it to run for the new President of the Student Union.

In this way.

Not only will Gewushe be handed over smoothly, but the resumes of Laotang and Avelyn will also be much brighter.

Even in the year Avelyn graduated, Mai Mai was just promoted to senior year, so she could have a three-peat series if she couldn't get it right.

About five to seven years is enough time for a scientific research faction to form a basic prototype.

This is a good thing for Lao Tang, Aveline, Wheat, for Cambridge University, for the scientific community, and even for the East.

Xu Yun himself hides merit and fame deeply.

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Of course.

The thoughts in his heart belong to his thoughts, Xu Yun must not be able to say all these words.

So he thought about it, changed to a past reason that he could barely explain, and said:

"Mr. Thomson, you should know the situation better than me."

"There is the Apostle Club outside, and there are other candidates inside. If you fail, you will drop out of school, so no matter from which point of view, you are the most suitable candidate for president."

"As for my ranking. Don't forget, I am an oriental person after all. Once Gewushe becomes bigger, there will always be some rumors."

"Not to mention that the empire's attitude towards the East is unclear now. It would be unwise for me to jump out rashly."

Lao Tang was silent for a moment when he heard the words, before he sighed softly:

"Okay, I understand, but in this way, I'm afraid you will suffer some grievances."

Xu Yun waved his hand indifferently, he really doesn't care about these things:

"It's okay, it's okay, I just did some minor work, it's pretty good if I don't get hired again."

Lao Tang nodded, looked at the application form again, and changed his tone from surprise to complete doubt:

"There are no other major problems, but what does the propaganda slogan "Thirty Years Jianhe East, Thirty Years Jianhe West, don't bully fishermen be poor?"

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The corner of Xu Yun's mouth twitched slightly, and he explained:

"A certain buff in the east is just a proverb, that is, if you can't catch fish in the east, you can switch to the west to fish. If you can't catch fish, don't be stingy with your money. Go bankrupt and buy a water pump to pump water."

After he finished speaking, he changed the subject, quickly revealed this paragraph, and asked Lao Tang:

"By the way, Mr. Thomson, I don't know about Mr. Bradley and the mathematics department."

"Oh, I was going to tell you about it."

Seeing that Xu Yun mentioned the business, Lao Tang lost his mind to pursue proverbs, but with a solemn expression, he said:

"I've already contacted Daniel. He is willing to provide the observation records kept by the Bradley family, and they will be sent to me within three days."

Xu Yun was overjoyed immediately, and his hands on his knees clenched into fists.

At the beginning, J. Bradley was able to think of using the aberration method of stars to measure the speed of light, and the final result was extremely close to the speed of light, which is enough to explain two things:

One is that Bradley has an extraordinary mind and sensitivity in astronomy.

The second is that the relevant data he possesses are extremely precise.

In the past hundred years.

The Bradley family has been trying to clear J. Bradley's grievances, so they have invested a lot of effort in starry sky observation, and astronomers have appeared almost every generation.

At the same time, due to the resistance of the mainstream astronomical community, they have never publicly communicated the data they observed.

Now that Daniel Bradley is willing to provide these data, it will undoubtedly be a huge help to Xu Yun's next calculation process.

The Bradley family plus Papa Airy, one private and one public, basically cover all the data that can be observed in this era.

However, Xu Yun hadn't been happy for long, and Lao Tang's next words poured cold water on him:

"However. Luo Feng, in terms of manpower in the Department of Mathematics, you may have to be prepared for insufficient computing power."

"?!"

Hearing Lao Tang's words, Xu Yun suddenly raised his head, with a rare look of astonishment on his face.

Among the three links he planned, Daniel Bradley, Hubert Ally, and Mathematical Tool Man, the least of his worries was the recruitment of the Department of Mathematics.

After all, Lao Tang is the boss of the mathematics department. If he goes out in person this time, isn't it my advantage?

The result was unexpected.

Seemingly the most stable link, now there is an accident?

Think here.

Xu Yun's mind quickly turned.

after awhile.

He suddenly thought of something, tentatively announced a name:

"Frederic Agar Ellis?"

Lao Tang looked at him in surprise, remained silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly.

Frederick Agar Ellis.

This is the opponent of Lao Tang who Xu Yun met at the opening ceremony for the chairman election, and also Lao Tang's "rival in love", the third loser in the Department of Mathematics.

Then Lao Tang took a deep breath, as if wanting to pour out all the depression in his heart, and said:

"The Ellis family is a hereditary earl, and the father of Frederick Agar Ellis is the current Earl Ellis."

"Also a cross-bench member of the House of Lords, Lieutenant of Devonshire."

"I got news in the morning that Earl Ellis will visit Cambridge University in person next week, so."

Xu Yun frowned slightly when he heard this, with a serious expression on his face.

well known.

There are five titles in Europe, namely:

Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, Baron, and a not-so-accepted Baron.

On this basis.

The United Kingdom has further subdivided the honors into categories, which are divided into three categories:

Orders of the Royal Family, Orders of Nobility, and Orders of Merit.

The literal meaning of these three honors is easy to understand.

The first two are exclusive to the royal family and nobles, and the third is issued to those who have made achievements and contributions.

For example, Lord Kelvin, who was later awarded by Lao Tang, is a baron of the Order of Merit.

As for honors.

There are two other higher priesthoods in England, but they are not aristocratic, namely the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York.

in 2022.

The UK only has 24+4 dukes, 30+ marquises, 191 earls - including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and 700+ barons.

The figures for 1850 were even lower, as many of the 'promotions' of the Lords were obtained from one bird and two birds and the Crimean War.

In other words.

The family of Frederick Agar Ellis can be ranked at least 150 in the current UK, belonging to the standard upper-class nobles.

It's just that Xu Yun is a little upset

Obviously, you are running for the president of the student union in the school. Although the consequences of failure are more serious, it is not someone forcing you, is it?

It's too shameless for you to bring your own dad over to put pressure on you.

If you co-author, you can't afford to lose?

But on the other hand.

Although this kind of solo trick is shameless, the effect is immediate.

After all, Lao Tang is just an ordinary person born in Scotland, and his father is only a professor of mathematics at the Royal College of Belfast. In front of the earl, it is Pan Changjiang who meets Anri Okita. What's wrong with that?

So it's no wonder that Lao Tang lost his composure, and anyone who faced this kind of table-turning would feel a little uncomfortable.

Think here.

Xu Yun couldn't help looking at Lao Tang, and asked:

"Mr. Thomson, now, how many people can be recruited in the Department of Mathematics?"

Lao Tang pondered for a moment, with a rare embarrassment on his face, and said slowly:

"About ten"

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Xu Yun was silent.

Ten tool men, probably including wheat.

To know.

The 30 people that Xu Yun said before was still the most conservative number, and his actual expectation was more than 40 people.

Because in his opinion, Lao Tang must be able to overfulfill this task, which is a kind of tacit understanding.

But right now, not only did Lao Tang fail to find all the tools, but he directly cut 66% in half, which obviously became an unavoidable big trouble.

Indeed.

Xu Yun's mathematics is not bad, but the good here refers to the application of mathematical tools.

Most physicists' attainments in mathematics are not as deep as many people think, and the intersection of the two parties is actually mainly concentrated on mathematical tools rather than calculation levels.

The most typical representative is Faraday, and another example is the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics Toshiyoshi Maskawa.

It is well known that Yichuan Minying's English is very poor, but in fact, during his college years, he also took make-up exams in mathematics three times

Although Xu Yun's partial subjects are not that extreme, his mathematical level does have an upper limit.

At least you let him stand up at this time and do calculations for 20. You might as well let him code 50,000 words a day.

But this way.

Where can I find a tool man?

The strongest mathematics department in the UK these days is Cambridge University, followed by Oxford, and the next is basically the younger brother.

As for Oxford

Not to mention whether I have any acquaintances.

A Cambridge student went to Oxford for help. Normally, Xu Yun would be beaten to death before he could leave the dormitory building—the kind that would have to erect a kneeling statue at the entrance of Trinity College.

But besides Oxford, where else can you find it in the UK and so on!

Suddenly.

A flash of lightning flashed across Xu Yun's mind, and he subconsciously slapped the table:

yes!

Why do you have to find someone in the UK?

It is absolutely possible to find reinforcements outside the UK!

As for finding those people, is it a bit of a fuss?

This is the Apostles Club, you forced me!

Think here.

Xu Yun quickly packed up the things on the table, and hurriedly said to Lao Tang:

"Old Tang, I'm going to leave beforehand. Please pay more attention to the association procedures and Mr. Bradley. I'll try to see if I can solve the computing power problem."

After speaking, he quickly turned around and disappeared like a Western reporter.

Looking at the afterimage of Xu Yun drifting away, Lao Tang blinked in confusion:

"?"

what does this mean?