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== Literature == |
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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 '']'' (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 '']'' (2009), by ] and ], ] is settled by puritanical prudes. |
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== Film and television == |
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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|series-link=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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* In the '']'' episode ], ] is included in '']'' "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|series-link=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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* Throughout the '']'' YouTube horror series, a sentient ] named the Iris is presented as its main antagonist. Described in numerous terms relating to its resemblance to an eyeball, the Iris invaded the solar system with the intent of launching a full-scale attack on it. The Iris 'mutated' Neptune through unknown means, and appears to be aware of complex life on Earth, as it is behind the creation of numerous paranormal creatures sent to attack humanity. |
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* Throughout the '']'' YouTube horror series, a sentient ] named the Iris is presented as its main antagonist. Described in numerous terms relating to its resemblance to an eyeball, the Iris invaded the solar system with the intent of launching a full-scale attack on it. The Iris 'mutated' Neptune through unknown means, and appears to be aware of complex life on Earth, as it is behind the creation of numerous paranormal creatures sent to attack humanity. |
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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 Pluto, given its comparatively early discovery in 1930, and trans-plutonian fictional planets. However, as Eris, other dwarf planets such as Haumea and Makemake and further trans-Neptunian objects 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.
