After the release of the planet name collection order, a naming craze started in Cambridge, the UK, Europe and the United States.
Countless letters came in every day, and for the first time in so many years, Eddington felt that the Cambridge University Observatory was so popular.
Eddington and his staff conducted a preliminary screening of the letters they received.
Because the previous eight planets were all named after Roman gods, and there are only so many gods in Roman mythology. Excluding the names that have been used by asteroids but are not known to the public, there are actually only a few names left. .
After the preliminary screening was completed, Eddington sent someone to the Cavendish Laboratory to call Chen Muwu to discuss with him which of these names should be chosen as the final name for Planet X.
Among the lists of several Roman gods that Eddington handed him, Chen Muwu first saw Pluto, which was the name of Pluto in the original time and space.
Then there are Minerva and Kronos, which were all alternative names for Pluto.
In addition to these already counted, Eddington also handed him several letters that did not nominate the Roman gods, but wrote other types of names. The one written by Ye Gongchao named Zhonghua was also among them.
However, some of the contents in the letters almost made Chen Muwu's nose angry.
In these letters, some nominations are called East Asia, because this planet was discovered by East Asians.
Some said that because Japan had just experienced a major earthquake with numerous casualties, in order to commemorate the deceased, they suggested naming the planet Tokyo, or Edo, the former name of Tokyo.
The kid's brain circuit is really weird, they can be so shameless.
Chen Muwu decided in his heart, just like Ye Gongchao and himself had thought at the beginning, to call this planet Zhonghua.
When Pluto's five satellites are discovered later, he must name the smallest and weakest satellite Ben!
The remaining ones are called Ryukyu, Noanxian, Luzon, and Yuetun.
No matter how awesome you are, so what? Are you still going to circle around me?
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In the end, Chen Muwu commissioned Eddington to report the name of the new planet to the International Union of Astronomers through the Cambridge University Observatory. It was not Vesta or China Star, but Huangdi Star.
Eddington was not a narrow-minded Western supremacist, so he fully supported Chen Muwu's idea of naming a new planet after his country.
But he also pointed out a problem, that is, among the eight previous planets in the solar system, except for the earth, the other seven planets were named after mythical figures. Now the latest one is suddenly named after a country. Doesn't it seem a bit abrupt?
Eddington proposed a compromise. He advised Chen Muwu to name it after a god in traditional Chinese culture, which would not only represent the country but also comply with the corresponding laws.
There is indeed some truth to what Eddington said. In the original time and space, there was also a dwarf planet named after a character in Chinese mythology and legend outside Neptune, and that was Gonggong Star.
And its Latin name has not been changed to the corresponding water god Poseidon or Neptune in Western mythology (in fact, Neptune is the name of Neptune), but it is called Gonggong.
Therefore, Chen Muwu, who finally combined the suggestions of Ye Gongchao and Eddington, decided to name the new planet Huangdi.
Although in the ancient Chinese astrological system, there is also a group of Yellow Emperor stars consisting of seventeen stars, their real name is actually "Xuanyuan", which does not conflict with Chen Muwu's current name of the Yellow Emperor star.
Chen Muwu decided on this name because he thought that Pluto has a satellite Charon that is similar in mass to Pluto. The two stars actually form a binary star system.
He planned to name the star Yandi Star after Charon was discovered.
One red and one yellow, which happens to be the totem representing the Chinese people.
The reason why this name was reported to the International Union of Astronomers on behalf of Eddington, but not Chen Muwu himself, is because Chen Muwu is not yet a member of the Chinese Astronomical Society, and although the Chinese Astronomical Society was established as early as the year before last, it is now He has not yet joined the International Union of Astronomers.
After discovering Huangdi Star, Chen Muwu also joined the first scientific group in his life, the Royal Astronomical Society of England.
Even the president of this society is Danish, so it has no nationality requirements. Chen Muwu found that Huang Dixing's contribution was enough for him to become a member of the society.
From now on, he can choose whether to add the honorary title FRAS (Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Astronomical Society) after his name.
But now, the Royal Astronomical Society is facing another problem, that is, who should award this year's Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal.
This is the highest honor in the British astronomy community, and it is understandable to award it to Chen Muwu, who has made the most outstanding work in astronomy this year.
However, the society had already assigned this medal to Eddington, who resigned as president last year, and now Chen Muwu appeared out of thin air, which made the society's awards committee very embarrassed.
At the critical moment, Eddington was still a man of integrity. He came forward to persuade the jury and asked them to postpone his honorary medal for one year. It would be better to give priority to those who have contributed to astronomy.
The Royal Astronomical Society is not the only one who wants to award Chen Muwu an award.
On the other side of the ocean, Lowell's younger brother, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard University, proposed to the media that he planned to provide Chen Muwu, who discovered the new planet, with a $10,000 bonus to comfort his brother's spirit in heaven.
The National Academy of Sciences also wants to award him the James Cracker Watson Award.
Speaking of which, Watson has a connection with China. He was the first person to observe and discover an asteroid on Chinese soil.
In the 13th year of Tongzhi (this year is exactly the year 1874 sung in Eason Chan's song), Watson discovered asteroid No. 139 while observing the transit of Venus in Beijing, and reported it to Prince Gong, who was in charge of the Qintian Prison, Guizi Liu , Yi named the asteroid "Ruihua", which means "Chinese Auspiciousness".
People who can afford astronomy naturally come from wealthy families, and Watson is no exception.
After his death, he donated his estate to the National Academy of Sciences and asked them to establish the Watson Prize on his behalf to reward astronomers who have made significant contributions to astronomy.
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At the end of his formal paper, Chen Muwu mentioned the intersection of Huangdi's orbit and Neptune's orbit, but it did not attract the attention of the astronomical community. The excitement of discovering new planets in the solar system over the years has left no one interested in considering these small issues.
The International Union of Astronomers convened an ad hoc meeting for this new planet. At the meeting, it was finally confirmed that the star newly discovered by Chen Muwu was the ninth planet in the solar system, and the proposal of the Cambridge University Observatory was adopted, agreeing to put the This planet was named Huangdi Star.
Compared with the previous discovery of a new planet, the news of the naming of this planet caused a greater sensation in China and was reported by countless newspapers across the country.
"Shenbao" even published a supplement for this purpose, dedicated to introducing the ninth planet in the solar system named "Yellow Emperor" and the discoverer behind it, Chen Muwu.
Not only that, the Shenbao Museum also sent people to the National Southeast University in Beijing and Bei University to interview Ye Qisun, Xia Yuanzhen and others who had had contact with Chen Muwu, and asked them to write an article to introduce Chen Muwu to the public in this year. Over a long period of time, he has achieved various achievements in physics research.
The Commercial Press also began to collect or translate a number of popular astronomy books. Taking advantage of Chen Muwu's discovery of the Yellow Emperor's Star, it also planned to promote astronomy to the Chinese people.
Dr. Hu wrote an article in the newspaper talking about my friend Chen Hanchen.
The eldest brother Chen Muqiao sent an affectionate letter, excitedly praising the third brother for his love for family and country.
However, the postman sent Chen Muwu not just a few letters from home, but also various congratulatory letters from home. People he knew and didn't know all wrote letters to congratulate him. He found that A new planet.
Even President Cao Kun noticed this.
Although he was an old-style warlord who rose to power through bribery, Cao Kun, who once founded Hebei University, also attached great importance to education issues.
He even asked his staff to discuss whether this young man who had brought glory to the country should be awarded a medal.
Is it the Jiahe Medal or the Baoguang Jiahe Medal? Big ribbon or not? At what level should the medal of honor be awarded?
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Planet Nine was finally recognized as a planet by the International Union of Astronomers and named Huangdi, which also triggered a small climax in foreign media.
The American "Time" magazine sent their British reporters to interview Chen Muwu at Cambridge University.
Therefore, the photo of Chen Muwu posing with the Northumberland Telescope in the Cambridge University Observatory also preceded the direct warlord Wu Peifu, becoming the first Chinese in this time and space to appear on the cover of this magazine.
The content of the interview was basically the same as the previous interviews that Chen Muwu had accepted. They were all commonplace questions.
But at the end of the day, the American reporter also mentioned Lowell's bonus and the Watson Award that the National Academy of Sciences planned to award to him.
The reporter asked Chen Muwu if he had any plans to go to the United States to receive the award recently and when he planned to leave.
The reporter did not expect that the last polite question he asked would become a major selling point in this interview.
Chen Muwu gave another earth-shattering answer, that is, he has no intention of going to the United States to receive this bonus and this award. As long as the United States does not repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act, he will never set foot on the soil of the United States. .
After receiving this explosive news, the reporter, who originally wanted to end the interview and was even ready to stand up, sat back firmly in his chair again.
He keenly captured Chen Muwu's national self-esteem, so he interviewed Chen Muwu on several issues related to discrimination against Chinese people, and recorded verbatim the beatings of Ye Gongchao, Fu Manchu's smear campaign against the Chinese, and Chen Muwu's views on the above matter.
Of course, after learning that he would not be able to receive the $10,000 bonus if he did not go to the United States, Chen Muwu still felt a little sad. He could only comfort himself by saying over and over in his heart that poverty and lowliness cannot be transferred.
Fortunately, the British also gave him a lot of money.
Although World War I consumed a lot of national power, the British still had a good reputation, and the so-called decline in national power would only make the poor poorer, and the rich would always remain rich.
The Royal Astronomical Society alone gave Chen Muwu a bonus of 500 pounds for winning the gold medal.
The wealthy Trinity College was even more generous. After discussing with several directors, the dean, Old Thomson, decided to allocate one thousand pounds from the college's assets as a special scholarship to Chen Muwu.
This fifteen hundred pounds is already three-quarters of the price of General Electric's high-end vacuum pump.
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The Royal Astronomical Society is not alone in recruiting Chen Muwu as a member.
Although the climate conditions in the UK determine that it will not be as cold as in China in the winter, Chen Muwu has stopped going to Kangheli to participate in swimming club activities since autumn last year.
He didn't want to catch a cold, fever, and further pneumonia because of a mistake in keeping warm during winter swimming.
In the days before penicillin, you had to be careful and don't dare to mess around.
However, Chen Muwu did not lose his extracurricular life. Kapitsa, who had a wide social circle, established a "Kapitsa Club" named after him after becoming the assistant director of the Magnetism Department of Cavendish Laboratory. At that time, Chen Muwu was the first to become one of the founding members of the club.
Kapitsa created this club with his own selfish motives.
After becoming a researcher from a doctoral candidate, Kapitsa's work suddenly became much more arduous.
The day is only so long, and with more work to do, there is less time for him to study and think.
That's why Kapitsa formed such a club and used his connections at Cambridge University to recruit a large number of students from different disciplines to join it.
Nominally, it is to facilitate discussions and exchanges on academic issues between members of different disciplines. In fact, by participating in the weekly activities of this club, he can learn about the latest academic trends from the members' conversations and debates. , in this way, it saves a lot of time spent reading literature like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Before the discovery of the Yellow Emperor Star, the Kapitsa Club was the only salon-style student club organization that Chen Muwu participated in.
But after the planet was discovered, a secret society that had been circulating among Cambridge University students for more than a hundred years also came to the door.
The Cambridge Apostolic Society was founded in 1820 and has been a secret society since its founding.
This organization claims to recruit only twelve of the brightest students from Cambridge University's top two colleges: Trinity College and King's College every year.
Although Chen Muwu has made many great inventions and discoveries in physics before, he has never been able to get into the eyes of this organization.
Because they prefer to absorb some high-end students who like metaphysical subjects such as philosophy, politics, and economics, and do not attach much importance to practical subjects such as mathematics and physics.
During the more than 100 years since the founding of the Apostolic Society, Maxwell was the only physicist who became a member.
However, since Chen Muwu discovered the new planet, they changed their minds and decided to designate him as a target for absorption.
It was Russell, one of the two major philosophers at Cambridge University at this time, who made this suggestion and personally invited Chen Muwu to join the society.
Russell went to China to give lectures for more than a year and had a very good impression of the place, mainly of China's upper-class academic circles.
Moreover, he also highly praised Einstein's theory of relativity. It was precisely because Russell vigorously promoted Einstein when he was lecturing in China that the craze for the theory of relativity started in China.
Therefore, Russell had a good impression of Chen Muwu, whom he had heard for a long time, because he was from China and understood the theory of relativity very well.
In front of Chen Muwu, Russell greatly praised the secret society of the Cambridge Apostolic Society, saying that there are many talents in this society. There used to be Maxwell in physics, Ramanujan's teacher Hardy in mathematics, and now it is mainly composed of philosophers. The older generation includes Whitehead, the Mesozoic generation includes George Moore, and the new generation also includes Wittgenstein and Frank Ramsey. I am considered the most mediocre person in the Apostolic Society.
Of course Chen Muwu would not believe Russell's self-effacing words, but when he heard the name Cambridge Apostolic Society, he felt it was very familiar.
I seem to have heard this name somewhere. It seems to be from John Khan Jr.'s hardcore ruthless series?
What about the Cambridge Five, Kim Philby...
This Cambridge Apostolic Society seems to be a spy nest that will become famous in later generations!
Being related to this organization, Chen Muwu felt that he might one day be able to enter the Tongliao universe.
Finally, after some lobbying by Russell, Lang Youqing was interested, and Chen Muwu eventually joined the Cambridge Apostolic Society, a secret society, and became one of the Twelve Apostles in 1924.
Although they are called apostles, all the members are atheists.
After attending several secret gatherings, Chen Muwu learned that the family backgrounds behind these members were either rich or noble. They were either the children of a Duke's family or the son of the dean of a certain college in Cambridge.
At the weekly gathering, everyone dressed up serious and formal, which always reminded him of the once-popular British TV series "Downton Abbey."
Moreover, the topics discussed at each gathering are also very jumping-off. One second, they may be talking about Eliot’s work "The Waste Land" and the modernist poetry behind it. The next second, they start to discuss the materialist dialectics. The unity of opposites is truly a left-wing association.
Chen Muwu even felt that they were very similar to the celebrities from the Wei and Jin Dynasties in "Shishuo Xinyu". They had strong family backgrounds and talked and debated scriptures in the ivory tower every day, sitting and discussing Taoism.
But even if they leave college, they will not become nerds, because their families have already paved the way for them.
If nothing else happens, these Cambridge apostles will become the top group of people in British society in the future. Chen Muwu is not surprised that several prime ministers and ministers will emerge from them.
In the eyes of these people, Chen Muwu is an extremely smart and somewhat mysterious orientalist.
In Chen Muwu's eyes, they and their family backgrounds became perfect white gloves.
The upper class, rich and powerful, should have their own connections and influence whether in Europe or America.
Moreover, he doesn't need to worry about being stabbed in the back.
Foster, a fellow member of the Apostolic Society, once said, "If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friends, I hope that I would dare to betray my country."
Students at Cambridge University are some of the smartest in the UK.
The various apostles of the Apostolic Society also consider themselves to be the smartest people at Cambridge University.
The reason why they would rather betray the country than betray the friendship between each other is because they believe that there are too many idiots in the UK and are not worthy of being associated with them.
This is also one of the reasons why, after World War II, there were so many spies in the Apostolic Society who dug into the empire.
Chen Muwu thought that he should establish a good relationship with these people. If nothing else happens, these people should take the lead in his plans to make a fortune in the future.
I felt top-heavy all day long, and gritted my teeth and wrote ten thousand words in a daze.
I can't open my eyes now, and I hope I don't have a fever when I wake up.
Please take care of yourself and good night.
(End of chapter)
