Chapter 62 fourth quarter

Another day passed. "The eccentricity approaches zero, which means the orbit is almost circular," Trevize finally found the answer. "That means it's more likely to be habitable. However, no one has come out to catch us until now. We have to try to get a closer look." Pelorat asked: "Why does it take so long to prepare for a jump? You are just going to "Listen to what this person said, micro-jumps are more difficult to control than ordinary jumps. Think about it, which is easier to pick up a stone or a grain of sand? Besides, Gaia's Sun is In our vicinity, the space here is so curved that even for a computer, the calculations will become quite complicated. Even a mythologist should understand this truth."

Pelorat grumbled for a while. After a while, Trevize added: "Now, you can see that planet with the naked eye. It's there, see? Its rotation period is about twenty-two galactic standard hours, and its axial inclination is Twelve degrees is simply a textbook example of a habitable planet. Moreover, it does have living things on it." "how do you know?" "Because its atmosphere has an abundance of free oxygen molecules. This would not have been possible without the development of a lush vegetal phase above it." "Is there intelligent life?" "Then radio wave radiation needs to be analyzed. Of course, I suspect that there may be intelligent life that completely abandons technology, but this scenario seems very unlikely."

"Not without examples," said Pelorat. "I believe what you said. Anyway, this is your specialty. However, if there were only some nomads above, it was absolutely impossible to scare the mules away." Pelorat asked again: "Does it have satellites?" "Yes, there is indeed one." Trevize replied casually. "How old is it?" Pelorat suddenly felt breathless. "I can't tell, maybe a hundred kilometers in diameter." "Oh," Pelorat stamped his chest immediately, "I wish I could have a few more interesting interjections in my head, my dear brother, but such a small chance..."

"You mean, if it had a giant moon, it could be Earth?" "True, but it obviously isn't." "Forget it, if Comm is right, the Earth isn't in this part of the Milky Way at all, it should be in the Sirius sector—seriously, Janov, I'm very sorry." "Look, let's wait a bit before we risk a micro-leap. If we don't find any signs of intelligent life, then there's no danger of us landing. But if that's the case, we don't need to land at all. there, right?"