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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 relatively small rocky and icy objects. These include the ], a group which includes the ] ] and other ]s including ] and ]. Further out is the ], a group which includes ], a ] slightly smaller than Pluto, 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 science fiction has been limited to ], given its comparatively early discovery in 1930, and trans-plutonian ]. However, as Eris, other ]s such as ] and ] and further ]s have been discovered and the region has been better scrutinized by astronomers, works of fiction have begun to reflect the region more extensively and realistically. |
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== Literature == |
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* In '']'' (2008), a 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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*In ]'s '']'' (1997), one of several prose sequel novel to '']'', features a mission to mine the Kuiper belt for water in order to terraform Venus. |
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*The 2005 ] novel '']'' has an abandoned base on Sedna. |
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*In ''Higher Reality'' (2015) by Alexander Janzer, a part of the story takes place in the ] and near the planet Eris. |
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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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== 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.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://hiddenpixelspodcast.com/episodes/2019/2/9/episode-2-mass-effect-through-the-charon-relay |title=Episode 2: Mass Effect - Through the Charon Relay |date=February 2, 2019 |type=Podcast|publisher=Hidden Pixels Podcast}}</ref> |
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* In the roleplaying game setting ] ], ] is the site of an anomaly of possible extraterrestrial origin. Other Kuiper Belt objects have been colonized in the setting or redirected for the ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pulver |first1=David |title=Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond |date=2003 |publisher=Steve Jackson Games |isbn=1-55634-586-0 |page=75}}</ref> |
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== Music == |
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== See also == |
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* ] |
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== References == |
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{{Astronomical locations in fiction}} |
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