Chapter 25 Chapter 1 Rosette as a Man

The thirty-sixth resident of Planet Gallia finally came to the "Warm Land".The only puzzling thing he said in his stupor was: "This is my comet!" What exactly does this sentence mean?Does it mean that the mystery that a part of the earth was thrown into space, which has never been solved until now, is the result of the contact between the comet and the earth?If so, the collision must have occurred in Earth orbit.But was the "Gallia" of the anonymous scholar on Vermentera referring to the comet or to the fragments of the earth thrown into space?The person who needs to tie the bell to untie it seems that this question can only be answered by the scholars who claim to own the comet.

But one thing is certain, the few pieces of paper that Selvadak and others caught in the sea and the note found on the carrier pigeon in the "Warm Land" are all from the dying scholar. .No one but he would drop holsters and cans into the sea, and later release carrier pigeons to fly off to the inhabited parts of this new planet.The scholar no doubt knew something about Gallia, and he must have made careful observations and calculations of Gallia's gradual distance from the sun and decreasing speed.But the most important question is, has he determined Gallia's orbit?Determine whether this orbit should be a hyperbola, a parabola, or an elliptic curve?Did he make successive observations of Gallia at three different positions in the run and thus draw his own conclusions?Finally, does he know if the new planet Galia can return to Earth?If you can go back, how long will it take?

These were the questions Earl Ironmashv pondered over and over in his mind, and he asked these questions to Captain Servadak and Second Officer Prokop, but neither of them knew how to answer them.They had explored these questions at length on their way back from Vermentera to "Land of Warmth," but found nothing.The only scholar who seemed to be able to answer these questions satisfactorily, but his health was so worrying that, should he die, they would never be able to ascertain these matters, which had a bearing on Gallia's future. problem. Therefore, every effort must be made to rescue the dying astronomer from death.Fortunately, the medicines on the Dobrina are fully stocked and can be used at this time.At the same time, Ben-Zoff also came up with a good idea:

"Captain, we can give him a massage. This kind of person has a long life span." So people took a two-pronged approach, giving him a massage while giving him a cardiotonic that could bring the dead back to life. Massages were performed by Ben-Zoff and Negret in rotation, and they were both very conscientious. Hector Servadac always felt that the Frenchman he had found in Vermentera seemed very familiar.But I can't remember where I saw him. He had indeed seen him, but he was in the age of innocence, the so-called infancy, before the development of mind and body. The scholar lying in the hall now is actually Hector Servadac's physics teacher when he was studying at Charlemagne High School.

The teacher's name was Palmilla Rosette, and he had a profound knowledge of mathematics.Hector Servadac only studied at Charlemagne High School for one year, and later transferred to Saint-Cyr Military Academy for further studies. The two never met again, and as time went on, the impression of that year became quite weak. Selvadak was not a studious student with a strong thirst for knowledge in his school days.On the contrary, he had played tricks on the poor teacher Rosset together with several students who were as naughty as himself. Some of them put salt grains into the distilled water in the laboratory, which made the experimental results ridiculous.Some released a little mercury in the barometer, making the barometer completely useless.Some heated up the thermometer before the teacher observed it.Some put a few alive and kicking insects in the mirror of the telescope.Some damage the insulator, making the discharge experiment impossible.Some drilled a small hole in the piston plate of the inflator, making it impossible for Mr. Rosset to inflate even after a lot of effort.

The evil deeds committed by the dissolute Servadac and his associates were endless. The reason why these naughty students are very interested in this kind of prank is that Mr. Rosset will be furious every time he sees such a thing, which makes them feel very happy. Just two years after Selvadac left Charlemagne High School, teacher Palmier Roset felt that his attainments were mainly in astronomy rather than physics, so he resigned from the school and planned to specialize in astronomy.Unexpectedly, his irascible temper has spread throughout the academic world, and as a result, he hit a wall everywhere, and the door was closed to him everywhere.Fortunately, his family was relatively well-off, so he built an observatory with his own money without trying to make a name for himself.This is also good, he can freely comment on other people's theories without any constraints.The three recently discovered asteroids are his credit, and some information about the 325th comet is also provided by him.As mentioned above, Servadac had never seen him before meeting him this time on Vermentera.Twelve years later, it was too unexpected to meet each other on a small planet in the solar system.So it was not surprising that Servadac did not recognize him at all.

When Ben-Zoff and Negret took off the thick blanket that wrapped Rosset from head to toe, they found that the scholar lying in front of them was short, bony, and bald. Like a big ostrich egg.On his chin was a few sparse beards, which he hadn't shaved for a week.He has a very long aquiline nose, and a pair of deep myopia glasses on the bridge of his nose, no doubt he cannot do without it all the time. Rosette had a particularly violent temper.He is really a bit like a Lumenkoff induction coil, but this kind of coil is not made of wires but a few meters long "nerve wire", which contains a powerful "nerve flow".In short, in this "Rosset induction coil", there is stored - please forgive me for using an inappropriate word - "nerve waves" of extremely high pressure, just as the Lumenkoff induction coil stores high Same as piezoelectric.

Although he was not easy to serve, he couldn't just let him go and watch him die because of this.What's more, in this world with only thirty-five inhabitants, the life of the thirty-sixth inhabitant cannot be regarded as trivial.His heart was found to be beating weakly, but still beating, when his underwear was removed.Therefore, as long as there are multiple rescue efforts, there is hope of bringing the dead back to life.Ben-Zov tried his best to massage his withered body, as if he was rubbing some dry branches. After a long time, people worried that these dry branches would catch fire.Ben Yizoff's earnestness when he massaged him seemed to be sharpening his sword to participate in the review. At the same time, he hummed a famous tune from time to time:

marching towards Tripoli, Your triumphant darling. don't let your hand down A cold sword. After twenty minutes of massage, Rosette, who was breathing weakly, finally felt a little movement in his throat, and then uttered three painful groans in succession.At this time, the tightly closed lips have opened.The two eyes opened and closed several times, and finally they were all opened, but they were not fully awake yet.He said a few words, but no one could understand.He raised his left hand and stroked his forehead, as if looking for something.Then, his facial muscles suddenly convulsed, and he shouted with anger.

"My glasses! Where are my glasses!" Ben Yizoff hurriedly searched for him, and soon found it.The lenses of this pair of glasses do not seem to be made of ordinary glass, but are made of materials that are used to make telescopes.The glasses were firmly worn on the ears, but Ben-Zov accidentally dropped them when he was massaging him.When Ben-Zoff put the glasses on for him, he groaned again. Captain Servadac stood by his bed, leaning over him.At this time, Rosset opened his eyes, shot two sharp gazes through the thick lenses, and shouted angrily at Servadac: "Student Selvadak, I will punish you for writing five hundred lines of homework, and hand it in to me tomorrow!"

This was a greeting gift from Palmier Rosette to Captain Selvadak. Undoubtedly, he said this out of his mouth as he recalled the past grievances.Servadac was thinking wildly, but when he heard this sentence, he immediately remembered the physics teacher he had when he was studying at Charlemagne Middle School. "He is my former teacher, Palman Rosette. I did not expect to see him here... How wonderful!" Captain Servadac exclaimed to everyone in surprise. Rosette closed her eyes again.It seemed that he was very weak and needed some quiet sleep. "Captain, don't worry." Ben-Zov said, "I can assure you that he will not die. He is a thin man. Most of them have a bad temper. I have seen some people who are only a handful of bones left. " "Where have you seen it?" "In the tombs of the Egyptian pyramids, Captain." "That's a mummy, fool." Rosette slept peacefully, so everyone hurriedly carried him to the bed and covered him with the quilt.Although everyone had many urgent questions to ask him, they had no choice but to wait for him to wake up. All day today, Captain Servadak, Count Ironmashev, and Second Lieutenant Prokop have been thinking about an anxious question: what does Palmilla Rosette mean by "Galia"? What?Could it be the comet and not fragments that broke off from Earth?Could it be that the relevant data provided by Rosseter in his brief letters all refer to comets, and not to this new planet that has separated from the earth and is now taking them on a tour of the solar system, so to speak? Come on, these people from the earth are not on the planet Gallia at all. This series of questions must be clarified immediately.If this is the case, all the theories they have worked out with so much painstaking care over the past few months are all bankrupt.But they have always firmly believed that the new planets were formed by fragments of the earth, and that this theory is generally consistent with many strange phenomena in the universe. "This question," said Servadac, "can only be answered by Mr. Rosset when he answers it for us." Talking about Mr. Palmier Rosette, Servadac introduced him to everyone.He said that this person was difficult to get along with, and worried that his relationship with everyone might be quite tense in the future.However, he felt that although this person was eccentric, extremely stubborn, and prone to anger, he was actually a very good person.So if he loses his temper, it is better to let him lose his temper and leave him alone. After hearing what Selvadak said, Count Ironmashev said: "Captain, please rest assured. We will do our best to get along with him in peace. I think he will also help us and tell us the results of his observations. But there must be one thing." "Which one?" Selvadak asked. "The notes we received must have been written by him," said Count Ironmashev. "Do you doubt that?" "Not at all, Captain. So far I have found nothing suspicious. I say this only to rule it out entirely." "If it wasn't him, who wrote these notes?" Servadak asked. "Could it be an astronomer we haven't discovered yet?" "It's impossible." Second Officer Prokop said, "The word 'Gallia' only appeared on those few notes, and the first thing Mr. Rosset said after waking up was 'Galley. ya'." Prokop is quite right in this view.There was no doubt that he had written those notes.In addition, he also brought the drafts left by his calculations and the door panel used as a blackboard, and now he can get further confirmation by looking at his handwriting while he is asleep.Everyone looked at the draft and the blackboard for a long time, and agreed that the font on it and the font on the note were clearly written by the same person. There are still some mathematical formulas written in chalk on the door panel that have not been erased.The drafts are mainly scraps of paper with geometric figures scratched all over them.Among them, there are two hyperbolas whose arcs are infinitely open, two parabolas whose arcs are also infinitely open but with a slightly smaller arc, and an elliptic curve with a particularly flat and elongated shape. These three forms of curves—the hyperbola, parabola, and ellipse—are the common orbits of comets, Prokop said.Comets that take the first two kinds of orbits can only be seen once on the earth, and they will never be seen again.Only comets orbiting in the third type can repeatedly appear on the horizon of the earth within a certain period of time. These sketches obviously show that Mr. Rosset is studying the orbit of a comet, but only in terms of these curves, it is impossible to make any judgment on Galia's orbit, because astronomers always study the orbit of comets. First assume it is a hyperbolic orbit. But one thing is certain, that Master Rosset's studies in Vermentera concerned the orbit of a new comet which had not yet been discovered. Did his research start before the catastrophe occurred on January 1 this year, or after that?Only he himself can answer that. "Let's wait patiently!" said Count Iron Marshfonshof. "I'm getting impatient." Servadac stood up and said, "I'd rather lose a year of life, and I hope he can wake up early and tell us the details." "It may not be worthwhile for you to do so, Captain," said Second Officer Prokop. "What? Isn't it worth it to learn about the fate of our planet sooner rather than later?" "I didn't mean to disappoint you, Captain." Prokop said, "Mr. Rosset really knows a lot about Comet Galia, but he may not be able to say much about our fragment of the earth. What is the relationship between the appearance of Comet Galia in the vicinity of the earth and the separation of fragments on the earth?  …” "Ah! Of course there is a relationship! The relationship is obvious..." "What's the matter?" asked Count Ironmashev, who was anxiously waiting for Captain Servadac to continue. "A comet collided with the earth. As a result of the collision, a part of the earth was separated from the earth." Hearing Captain Selvadak's opinion, Earl Ironmashev and Second Officer Prokop looked at each other silently for a long time.A collision between the Earth and a comet is highly unlikely, but not impossible.It seems that only this statement can explain the many strange natural phenomena and the great changes between the heaven and the earth that they have seen so far. "Captain, your opinion is very reasonable." Second Officer Prokop said after a moment of consideration, "It is not impossible that a comet collided with the earth and separated a large piece of the earth. If this opinion is true, The gigantic planet we saw the night after the catastrophe must have been a comet. The collision must have deflected it from its orbit. But because of its speed, the earth failed to keep it in its own gravitational pull. within range." "Yes. It seems that this is the only way to explain why the planet we have never seen appeared that night." Servadak said. "That's a more plausible idea," said Count Ironmashf, "and it makes sense with our observations as well as with Rosseter's. Rosseter must have named this strange planet ' Gallia'." "Of course, Count Ironmashev." "But Captain, there's still one thing I haven't figured out." "what is the problem?" "Mr. Rosset seems to have concentrated all his energies on the comet, and paid little attention to this fragment of the earth that is now traveling in space with him." "Count," said Captain Servadac, "you must know that these scientists are sometimes very eccentric. My countryman is such a man." "In addition, there may be such a possibility." Second Officer Prokop said, "Mr. Rosset had calculated Gallia's orbit before it collided with the earth, and could see it collide with the earth." Collide." Prokop is quite right in pointing this out.In any case, Servadac's views have been accepted in principle.To sum it up, the situation is likely to be like this: from December 31 last year to January 1 this year, a comet suddenly appeared in the orbit of the earth and collided with the earth. As a result of the collision, part of the earth was separated from the earth. Operates in interstellar space. The three of them haven't revealed the whole truth yet, but they're pretty close to the real situation. To completely solve this problem, only by Professor Palmier Rosset.