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Proper names of planetary systems often follow common themes – for example, the planets of the star Copernicus are named after European astronomers. Proper names for planets outside of the Solar System – known as exoplanets – are chosen by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) through public naming contests known as NameExoWorlds.
العربية; Azərbaycanca; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Català; Чӑвашла; Čeština ...
Most extrasolar planets in fiction are similar to Earth—referred to in the Star Trek franchise as Class M planets—and serve only as settings for the narrative. [1] [2] One reason for this, writes Stephen L. Gillett [Wikidata] in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, is to enable satire. [3]
Red Dwarf – The titular spaceship from the BBC sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf [74] Retribution – the only operational carrier after an SDF attack in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. SDF-1 Macross – a massive interstellar transforming spacecraft from the anime Super Dimension Fortress Macross and its American adaptation, Robotech [75]
Other names for this hypothetical innermost planet appear on occasion, such as "Aryl" in Roman Frederick Starzl's 1931 short story "The Terrors of Aryl". [1] [2] [3] In science fiction, the name "Vulcan" has since come to be more associated with the extrasolar planet Vulcan in the Star Trek franchise. [1] [2]
This is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.). Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as opposed to underground, inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet with a different physical geography.
This science fantasy series is set on a planet colonized by humans, but with native intelligent races. The Planet Savers: 1958: N G Deltora: Emily Rodda: The setting for the Deltora Quest series of children's novels: The Forests of Silence: 2000: N A V Destiny Islands and other worlds: Square: The multiple worlds that make up the setting of the ...
Names of mountains and peaks from Middle-earth, the fictional setting in fantasy novels by English author J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973) Planitiae and labyrinthi Names of planets from the Dune series of science fiction novels by American author Frank Herbert (1920–1986) Sinūs Names of terrestrial bays, coves, fjords or other inlets Undae