276: Chapter 276: J has been deified again.

"74%, 74%, this is fucking real!"

"tiamat, damn, the Moon really is tiamat's child!"

"We did it, we simulated it!"

"..."

Several young researchers were trembling with excitement, as if they were witnessing a miracle.

You have to understand, this is the kind of discovery that leaves a mark on astronomy; even if it is just a simulation, its persuasiveness has increased significantly!

Zhang Lin stood up, his hands shaking, "Professor Zhang, did you see that? 74%! This can no longer be explained by coincidence!!"

Xiao Zhou glanced left and right, then excitedly and slyly grabbed the arm of a female colleague next to him, "We just watched it break off from tiamat, get flung out by Jupiter, wander the Kuiper Belt for 500 million years, get captured by Venus for 300 million years, and finally graze Earth to form the Moon!"

"This path is too perfect; every step fits just right!"

"We've discovered the truth about the Moon's origin!"

The female colleague looked at him suspiciously, "Talk if you want, but why are you groping me?"

"Ah, um, uh? No, I didn't!"

Another researcher named Liu Yang, called Xiao Liu, took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, but his expression still couldn't hide his shock.

"And it explains everything: the Moon's density inversion, because it's a fragment of a fragment, so its structure was inherently incomplete.

Tidal locking, because it was first locked by Venus for hundreds of millions of years, and then locked by Earth for billions of years; the records of two moons in global mythology, because it really did arrive later!"

Professor Zhang Qinian also took a deep breath, slowly turned around, and looked at Wang Weiguo.

His nose couldn't help but sting, "Old Wang!"

Wang Weiguo also excitedly met his gaze, "Old Wang, we've witnessed history."

After a long while, Professor Zhang Qinian took a deep breath to suppress his excitement, turned to look at Zhang Lin, "Xiao Zhang, organize the data, prepare to upload it."

"Now? At 3 a.m.?"

"Yes, now. For a discovery of this level, the sooner it's sent out, the sooner it can be verified by the astronomical community."

Wang Weiguo also stood up and walked to the computer, "Although I didn't help much, I can write the abstract. You guys package the core data and simulation animations; no need to include my name."

Soon, the conference room became busy again.

The sound of keyboards became more intense than before, and everyone's face showed uncontrollable excitement.

Ten minutes later.

Zhang Lin looked up, "Professor Zhang, Director Wang, it's ready."

Professor Zhang Qinian looked at Wang Weiguo, and Director Wang nodded gently, "Send it."

A paper titled "Exploring the Origin of the Moon: Numerical Simulation Verification of the tiamat Debris Hypothesis" was immediately uploaded to the arXiv website.

Author list: J, Professor Zhang Qinian, Zhang Lin, Zhou Xiaoya, Liu Yang, Wang Weiguo.

Remarks section:

Thanks to J's inspiration, we old guys were able to find another origin for the Moon in our lifetime.

The Moon may truly have originated from that tiamat that has already vanished into myth.

...

Not long after it was sent, at 3:15 a.m.

A new paper was quietly posted on the arXiv website.

Two and a half minutes later, the first comment appeared.

"J again???"

Five minutes later, the comment section gradually became lively.

"Holy shit, the National Astronomical Observatory published another paper!"

"The Moon originated from tiamat, the planet that exploded next to Mars last time?"

"I clicked to look, there's a simulation animation, an eerie 74% probability!"

"74%, that's fucking higher than any mainstream hypothesis!"

"The remarks say thanks to J's inspiration, good heavens, it's J again!"

"Who exactly is J? How does he appear in such explosive papers every day?"

"Are you new upstairs? J is Xiaoyu's brother from our country, the one who livestreams tutoring!"

"Damn, everything he said is true, the National Research Institute even stepped in to verify it!"

"It's not just verifying, it's an extension by Professor Zhang Qinian; they used J's clues to simulate the true origin of the Moon!"

"tiamat, Mars, the Moon, damn, how many more secrets does this Solar System have?"

"..."

Around 4 a.m., a new title appeared on the Weibo trending list, pushing Jiang Zhe's hot topic down.

[The Moon originated from tiamat in mythology, J might be legendary again!]

As soon as the report was released, a completely professional piece of copy appeared.

When the night owls who love learning read it, they all went crazy.

"I just crawled out of the recording, and then I saw this paper. Do you know how I feel?"

"Damn, the origin of the Moon actually appeared in the middle of the night today. Is the truth about to be revealed?"

"So everything J said last night is true? Did the Moon really come from that planet next to Mars?"

"It didn't come directly; it took a long detour, first getting flung out by Jupiter, then being captured by Venus, and finally colliding with Earth to form!"

"This path is so convoluted, but they simulated a 74% probability! The state has stepped in to verify it; the mystery of the Moon's identity has been completely uncovered!"

"Is it possible that it's fake?"

"No possibility of that. Currently, there is nothing more authoritative or professional than the National Research Institute's paper!"

"Damn, I'm only in middle school. Did I learn the wrong astronomy class recently?"

"That sentence in the remarks about thanking J for the inspiration made me cry. As a fan of the brother, you don't know about those trashy professors in academia who steal papers and don't give credit. Old Zhang and Old Wang truly respect original work!"

"Nothing left to say. Jiang is awesome, the National Research Institute is awesome!"

...

5 a.m., on a short video platform.

"Science Newbie" posted a new video again.

"Just now, J's Moon hypothesis was verified by the National Research Institute to have originated from..."

On screen, the somewhat chubby blogger was trembling with excitement.

"Family, this is incredible!"

"I just scrolled through arXiv, the National Astronomical Observatory published a new paper!"

"They used supercomputers to simulate the origin of the Moon. All the evidence is evolutionary data from the early Solar System, and they finally got a 74% probability pointing to tiamat!"

"Do you still remember what J said last night?"

"The Moon came from Venus—no, that's just the intermediate process. Even earlier, the Moon was the debris of tiamat!"

On camera, the blogger excitedly flipped through screenshots of the paper, using red lines to mark the key points.

"Look at this simulation path: first tiamat shatters. As for how it shattered, it's a mystery; maybe it was gravity, maybe an extrasolar super comet. Anyway, a piece of debris was flung out by Jupiter, wandered the Kuiper Belt for 500 million years, was captured by Venus for 300 million years, and finally grazed Earth to form the Moon!"

"Every step fits just right; this can no longer be explained by coincidence!"

"I also simulated it using my own computer software. Although it wasn't as professional, I also got a 57% success rate!"

"Oh my god, this means it's the truth!"

After seeing this video, the night owls who had been up all night were restless again.

"Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!"

"J's hypothesis has been verified again!"

"So the Moon really is the debris of tiamat?"

"It was right for me to stay up all night watching the livestream, otherwise I would have missed today!"

"This wave, this wave is simply J's legendary night!"

...

After a brief burst of online excitement, things quickly quieted down.

Nothing else, everyone had fallen asleep.

5:30 a.m., Huaqing University, physics professor dormitory building, it was slightly bright outside the window.

But the living room was brightly lit.

Ouyang Baili was sitting on the warm floor, squinting at the screen.

Guan Jingming was sitting next to Li Mo, constantly drinking herbal tea to stay alert.

Professor Wu was lying on his side on the floor, dozing off, with slight snoring sounds coming intermittently.

Li Mo was sitting in front of the computer, his fingers typing rapidly on the keyboard.

"Ouyang!" Guan Jingming yawned, "How's our paper framework coming along?"

Ouyang Baili didn't speak, but looked at Li Mo.

Li Mo said without turning his head: "The simulation program for the binary orbit has finished its first round. The parameters still need adjustment, but the general direction is fine."

"Tell us specifically."

Ouyang Baili sat up straight, his eyes staring fixedly at his computer.

Li Mo turned the computer screen toward the three people behind him.

"The core of our simulation is: before the Moon was captured by Earth, is it possible it was first captured by both Earth and Venus, forming a brief binary orbit phase?"

He operated the mouse and brought up a simulation animation.

"The initial parameters are!"

"Moon mass 7.35 × 10²² kg, Venus mass 4.87 × 10²⁴ kg, Earth mass 5.97 × 10²⁴ kg."

"Assuming the initial velocity of the Moon being blasted out of Venus's orbit is between 10 to 20 km/s, then the incident angle is set at a 30-degree angle to the ecliptic plane."

"The distance between Earth and Venus is taken as the minimum distance, about 38 million kilometers."

On the screen, a bright spot representing the Moon flew out from near Venus and floated toward Earth.

First simulation: The speed was too fast, the Moon flew directly out of Earth's gravitational range and disappeared to the edge of the Solar System.

Second simulation: The speed was too slow, the Moon was captured by the Sun's gravity and became an asteroid orbiting the Sun.

Third simulation: The angle was too skewed, the Moon grazed past Earth and continued flying into the depths of the Solar System.

Li Mo ran over a dozen sets of parameters, but all failed!

Professor Wu was woken up by the clattering keyboard sounds, rubbed his eyes, and leaned over, "Still not working?"

"Don't rush." Li Mo operated to readjust the parameters.

"I'm now adjusting the initial positions of Earth and Venus, assuming the two planets were in a close encounter period, with the distance shortened to within 20 million kilometers."

He added another condition.

"Also assuming that after the Moon was blasted out, it happened to pass near the Lagrange point between Earth and Venus."

He pressed the Enter key and ran the simulation again.

This time, a completely different trajectory appeared on the computer screen.

The Moon flew out from near Venus, was first decelerated by Venus's gravitational field, and then was captured by Earth's gravitational field.

Under the combined influence of the two gravitational fields, the Moon began to rotate around the center of mass between Earth and Venus.

An irregular, spiral-shaped orbit began to appear.

"Damn!"

Li Mo was immediately startled and stood up, looking surprised, "A binary orbit, it actually worked..."