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{{about||discussion of fictional planets in the trans-Neptunian region|Fictional planets of the Solar System}} |
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The region of the ] '''beyond Neptune''' contains sparse populations of small icy objects. These include the ], with its well-known member ], and other ]s including ] and ]. Further out is the ], a group which includes ], the largest known ], and even more distant ]s such as ]. |
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In the past, the use of this area of the solar system as a setting for ] has been limited to ] and completely ]. However, as more ]s have been discovered and the region has become better understood by astronomers, works of fiction have begun to reflect the region more extensively and realistically. |
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== Literature == |
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* '']'' (2008), novel by ]. An intelligent robot in the service of a shadowy organisation travels throughout the Solar System, with the plot climax on Eris. |
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*In '']'' (2009), by ] and ], ] is settled by puritanical prudes. |
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* '']'' (1997), by ], features a mission to mine the Kuiper belt for water to terraform Venus. |
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== Film and television == |
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* In "The Griffin Equivalency", the fourth episode of the second season of '']'', ] is included in '']'' magazine's "30 Under 30 to watch" list for his discovery of a trans-Neptunian object beyond the Kuiper belt. Officially designated {{mp|2008 NQ|17}}, Raj had nicknamed the body "] ]".<ref name="BigBang">{{cite episode|title=The Griffin Equivalency|series=The Big Bang Theory|serieslink=The Big Bang Theory|airdate=October 13, 2008|season=2|number=4}}</ref> The object is itself fictional, and no TNO has been assigned that designation. |
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== Comics and anime == |
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{{Empty section|date=July 2010}} |
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== Games == |
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* In the video game series ] (2007-), Pluto's moon Charon is discovered by humanity, in 2149, to be a Mass Relay encased in ice. |
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== Music == |
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== See also == |
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== References == |
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{{Astronomical locations in fiction}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trans-Neptunian Objects In Fiction}} |
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