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1、AlexanderKAZANTSEVTHEDESTRUCTIONOFFAENATranslatedbyAlexMillerRADUGAPUBLISHERSMOSCOWTranslationfromtheRussian1974Englishtranslation©RadugaPublishers1989FromtheauthorCosmogonyisnolessfullofriddlesthanthehistoryofEarth.Andwherethereareriddles,thereisroomforfantasy.However,ifitisdivorcedfromrea
2、lityandrejectsverisimilitudeandauthenticity,fantasyisempty,itleavesnotraceintheheart;thebestitcandoistotitillatethereader'ssenses.ButIhavealwayswantedtoachieve"authenticityintheincredible",towritefantasyfoundedsolelyonrealfactsandunsolvedmysteries.Onesuchriddlethatexcitedmewastheringofaster
3、oids(minorplanets)betweentheorbitsofMarsandJupiterinsteadoftheplanet,aspredictedbyKepler'slaw,whichhadexplodedforsomeunknownreason,scatteringfragmentsallrounditsorbit.Howcouldthathavehappened?Iftheplanethadexplodedfromwithinbecauseofcertainprocesses,itsfragmentswouldhaveflowninalldirections
4、asfromahigh-explosivebombandwouldhavecontinuedmovingroundthesuninelongatedellipticalorbits...Buttheyaremovingroundintheirformeralmostcircularplanetaryorbit.Iftheplanethadperishedbecauseofacollisionwithanothercosmicbody,theircommonfragmentswouldhavetendedtowardsaresultant,alsoacquiringelonga
5、tedellipticalorbits;buttheyhavevirtuallystayedwheretheywere.Theplanetapparentlycrackedastheresultofapowerfulimpactreceivedsimultaneouslyfromalldirections;itthendisintegratedundertheinfluenceofthegravityofMarsandJupiter.Itsremainskeptcollidingandbreakingup,creatingswarmsofmeteoritesandstring
6、ingoutroundthewholeformerorbitoftheplanet.Butwhatkindofexplosionwasit?Theexplosionofitswaterenvelope,itsoceans?ItsohappenedthatIwasabletoputthisquestiontothegreat20th-centuryphysicist.NilsBohrwhenhemetusMoscowwriters."Canallaplanet'soceansexplodeifasuperpowerfulnucleardeviceisdetonatedinthe
7、irdepths?"Iaskedhim."Idon'tdenysuchapossibility,"hereplied,andadded,"butevenifitweren'tso,nuclearweaponsmustbebannedinanycase."Heunderstooditallatonce!Iftheplanethadperishedwhenitsoceansexploded,thentherewasacivilisationonitthathaddestroyeditselfbecauseo
