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"I see. ......"
In the command center of Horai Island, Jin nodded repeatedly.
"I've pretty much solved the mystery of the free magic element (ether) distribution."
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<<<. That was useful information.
The old man agreed.
"By the way, by the way, you are probably a magic brain, but your calculation ability is quite impressive.
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"That's what I'd expect from an originator."
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"I won't know until it happens."
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We have to wait for a long time. Jin has not been sitting in the command center for a long time.
Eating, bathing, chatting with Elsa.
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Then he called all the family members and convened them.
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October 3, 3458, 1:00 p.m. Horai Island time.
All the members of the <
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They are staring at the images sent in synchronization with the eyes of Land 11.
Listening is the voice that Rand 11 also heard.
The magic screen in the control room showed a large image of a fast-approaching
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Pengolta's gas cloud is distorted by the attraction of
"That's really powerful," he said.
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"I didn't expect to be able to see this image without being there."
You must have more technology than Mr. Jin. It's scary."
Technology that builds a virtual telescope in space and sends images through it. <
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1:30 p.m.
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"What?
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"Nope. ......"
2:00 PM.
"Whoa!"
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This is ......!
It is now clear to all that Modine is on a collision course with Pengolta.
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This is not a near miss. It's a collision.
"How is this possible?"
In the vastness of space, the probability of two celestial bodies colliding is close to zero. But I'd say it wasn't exactly zero.
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"...... gravity is also a factor."
Herenthe made a gesture as if to laugh.
Yes, that's right. You are right. The fifth planet attracted Modine because of its enormous gravity. And this is the result.
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On the screen, Modine and Pengolta are about to collide.
It will not be a head-on collision, but more of a snatch-and-grab collision, but even so, the result is completely unpredictable.
Even Herrente has to agree.
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This is a clear indication of how improbable this collision is.
A collision between planets on a cosmic scale. It looks like slow motion to the human eye, but it is actually happening at several hundred kilometers per second.
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There seems to be a tremendous amount of lightning in the gas cloud.
There are flashes of lightning that can be clearly seen from the outside.
Moderne has disappeared into Pengolta's gas cloud.
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That trajectory, if there was a nucleus, would have resulted in a glancing impact.
Most of the impact seems to be with Pengolta's gas cloud.
And then Modine appears again.
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"Oh!"
Rand 11 also gave an involuntary yelp.
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Modine's orbit had changed diagonally ...... upward ...... from the planetary orbital plane of the Celanese solar system.
It looks like the orbit was changed by the collision.
And the next moment.
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"Is that ...... debris?
Rocks of various sizes were ejected from the gas cloud.
The smaller ones seem to have been caught in Pengolta's gravity.
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"Hmm, the smaller pieces could be satellites.
"But what about the larger pieces?"
Looking at Modine as it moves away, about a quarter of it is missing and appears distorted.
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On the other hand, it is impossible to see how much of Pengolta's core is missing due to the thick cloud of gas.
Some of the larger pieces appear to be on a near original trajectory, maintaining most of ...... Modine's intrinsic velocity.
Isn't that a pretty bad situation?
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"Isn't that a pretty bad situation?" You're right. With the size of that piece of debris, there's a good chance Ars' gravity will catch it and send it hurtling down.
"As I thought."
I have no idea how big the pieces are, but the number of pieces that would fly away from Pengolta's gravity would be about 20 large ones. The medium-sized ones are about 50. The small ones are uncountable.
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Most of the small ones, however, are no more than 10 meters across. The big ones must be at least 10 kilometers across.
If even 10% of them fell on Ars, it would be a catastrophe.
They're not just dust particles floating through space, they have kinetic energy of hundreds of kilometers per second.
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"What should we do?"
It will take a couple of days to calculate and confirm how much debris will reach Arus.
So, what's the estimated arrival time?
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I've done a rough estimate, taking into account the momentum change at the time of impact, around October 15th.
"That's less than half a month from now. ...... In the meantime, what kind of disaster could happen?"
Even the smallest fragment could endanger life on this planet. A few pieces could destroy life.
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There is a nuclear bomb called Tsar Bomba.
It is the largest hydrogen bomb ever developed by the former Soviet Union, and its energy is 3300 times greater than that of the Hiroshima bomb.
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It is calculated that a fragment of a bomb with an approximate diameter of one meter has more kinetic energy than the Tsar Bomba.
"What should we do?"
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We will have to deal with all that debris. And that's going to be a hell of a challenge.
What's the plan?
First, we'd have to get 700 million miles out into space.
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And then?
Then we have to capture the debris.
And then?
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We have to have a way to deal with the debris. If we don't get all this done before October 15th, ...... this planet will be finished.