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For discussion of fictional planets in the trans-Neptunian region, see Fictional planets of the Solar System.

The region of the Solar System beyond Neptune contains sparse populations of small icy objects. These include the Kuiper belt, with its well-known member Pluto, and other plutoids including Haumea and Makemake. Further out is the scattered disk, a group which includes Eris, the largest known dwarf planet, and even more distant detached objects such as Sedna.

In the past, the use of this area of the solar system as a setting for science fiction has been limited to Pluto and completely fictional planets. However, as more trans-Neptunian objects 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.

Literature

  • Saturn's Children (2008), novel by Charles Stross. An intelligent robot in the service of a shadowy organisation travels throughout the Solar System, with the plot climax on Eris.

Film and television

  • In "The Griffin Equivalency", the fourth episode of the second season of The Big Bang Theory, Rajesh Koothrappali is included in People magazine's "30 Under 30 to watch" list for his discovery of a trans-Neptunian object beyond the Kuiper belt. Officially designated 2008 NQ17, Raj had nicknamed the body "Planet Bollywood". The object is itself fictional, and no TNO has been assigned that designation.

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See also

References

  1. "The Griffin Equivalency". The Big Bang Theory. Season 2. Episode 4. October 13, 2008. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
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