Chapter 520 – The Scientific Significance of Sumeklevy

A fragment of a comet, about a kilometer in diameter, smashed a crater about 6,000 kilometers in diameter on Jupiter. If you say, this comet fragment smashed to the earth......

"It looks like that theory might be confirmed...... "Gray Yuan said with mixed feelings." Seriously, I used to think that something like an asteroid hitting Earth wouldn't make a difference at all. ”

"What do you mean...... Chicxulub? "Qian Yu is probably aware of the general idea of Gray Plains." I think it was supposed to be ......"

"yes," Gray Yuan nodded. "A potential suspect in the extinction of the dinosaurs."

In 1991, a student at the University of Arizona and his advisor published their findings in a journal stating that there was geological evidence that there was likely a large impact crater in this area west of northern Colombia or Cuba. The report attracted a lot of attention from the International Geological Society, and according to a reporter from the Houston Chronicle, they found that as early as 1987, a geophysicist working for Petroleos Mexicanos had discovered a huge arc-shaped structure in the ground in the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula that could be part of a crater, about 180 kilometers wide.

In fact, the main debate on this argument is whether such a meteorite impact could have actually led to the extinction of the dinosaurs - but with the amazing performance of the fragments of Sumeklevy, the initiative of such a debate will be completely reversed: the possibility of creating such a large crater is not necessarily a very rare giant meteorite, but probably just a relatively much more common little guy, which makes the probability of such a thing happening from almost impossible to very rare. That is, something that is very likely to have happened.

In short, with the astonishing collision of the fragments of Sumeklevy A, it may have a powerful impact on academic knowledge in many fields, and even a subversive revolution.

"So now it's up to me to see the aftermath of Smy Levi," Chiba shrugged. "If Jupiter's atmosphere really suffers any serious impact, it may be said that meteorites can indeed cause a devastating blow to Earth."

"I'm more concerned about another issue," Gray Plains shook his head. "If what I saw at the time was correct, the scientists estimated that the meteorite was more than 5 kilometers in diameter, which means that the meteorite was larger than the Sumeklevi body combined."

"So you don't think it's reasonable to just come out of such a small pit?" Thousand Feathers raised an eyebrow. "Uh...... Maybe I'm going to ask a professional about this, but I don't know anyway. ”

"Forget it, that's not your or mine's major anyway," Gray Yuan Wai suddenly thought of something, and then shook his head self-deprecatingly. "This kind of thing is just look at the latest geological journals when the time comes, no matter how impatient we are, we don't need to think about these things on our own."

"Oh, yes!" Qian Yu suddenly remembered something, and then showed an expression of sudden realization. "The ......"

“?” Ashbara was stunned.

"Nothing," Qian Yu blinked, then shook her head. "It's just an idea to improve the Traceless Umbrella."

Is it just an idea to improve the Traceless Umbrella? Of course not, but something more important, at least for Chiba's own life.

"When was the first piece of debris we could observe?" Gray Yuan asked suddenly.

"In the evening, we don't have much to do during this time, so be patient." Thousand Feathers shrugged.

Yes, fortunately, there was still enough time to prepare for this, otherwise my plans would have been ruined.

……

After replenishing some of its provisions, the airship set off again at 11 a.m., preparing to sail eastward from New Zealand, reaching as far as possible an area suitable for observing Debris C.

At 6:30 p.m., 45 minutes before the expected time of collision of the C fragments, a fairly airtight room.

Somewhat suspicious, Gray Yuan turned on the light in the room, and glanced warily into the room—there was no one inside.

"Where's this idiot?" Gray Yuan frowned and muttered to himself.

She hadn't seen Chiba since lunchtime - everyone said they hadn't seen him, and phone calls showed that Chiha's cell phone couldn't connect.

Where did this idiot go?

[Could it be ...... Something happened to him? The thought only flashed through the mind of the gray plain who re-dialed Qianyu's mobile phone number, and then vetoed the idea. [Probably not...... If he has an auxiliary unit, he shouldn't have an accident......]

But if something really didn't happen to him, why didn't he respond? Even if the phone breaks, Qianyu's auxiliary unit should be just as capable of doing the job.

At this moment, Gray Yuan Ai suddenly heard a familiar ringtone: it was the vibrating ringtone of Qianyu's mobile phone - Qianyu, who had repurchased a new phone of the same model (the old one was damaged around chapter 350), had reprocessed it at the software system level, which made the vibration pattern of Qianyu's mobile phone subtly different from that of a normal style of mobile phone.

Looking for the sound of vibration, it didn't take much effort for Gray Yuan to find Qianyu's mobile phone, and then found that it was a text message.

[Ready.] - The sender is a number with no name tagged.

“?” Gray Yuan Wai frowned slightly. However, just then, the door behind her opened, and a somewhat tired Thousand Feather walked in.

"Huh?" Qian Yu was obviously a little surprised. "Why are you here?"

"Ahh "I haven't been able to find you, so I came to your room to look for you, only to see your phone ringing."

"I just came back, and I didn't take my phone in my room," Qian Yu shook her head helplessly. "Before in ...... Discussing things with Officer Nakamori, they disappeared from noon to just now. ”

"Those guys are still thinking about Kidd?" Gray Yuan's face was a little unnatural. "It's all been guarded like this, and it's possible that Kidd the Strange Thief will be mixed up with the airship again?"

"I don't know," Thousand Feathers shrugged. "Anyway, if they think so, then I can't change their minds, so I can only let them go—but why do you have to drag me over to sit in and borrow my flexible brain?"

"He's a police officer who listens to children," Gray Hara squinted. "If it's a normal policeman, I'm afraid even if you want to help him, he won't allow you to interfere."

"That's right," Chiba nodded. "By the way, it's almost time for the observation of the C fragment, why don't we go to the movie theater together?"