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In this episode, a struggling colony on a distant planet awaits the arrival of a ship that will take them back to Earth. The story centers on the resulting cross-cultural encounter and the enduring ties to one's home planet, chiefly as seen through the eyes of the colony's leader, William Benteen (played by James Whitmore).
Early drafts of the Star Wars story include references to at least two planets which later evolved into the concept of Alderaan.Star Wars author George Lucas included a planet called Alderaan in early treatments; in The Star Wars (1973), Alderaan is a city-planet and the capital planet of the galaxy (prefiguring the planet Coruscant which later featured in the films).
The word is often used in reference to the Sun, Earth, and either the Moon or a planet, where the latter is in conjunction or opposition. Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultations. The term is often applied when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction or in opposition . [4]
The iconic photo of Earth known as The Blue Marble, taken by the crew of Apollo 17 (1972). This and similar images might have popularized Earth as a theme in fiction. [1]: 138 The overwhelming majority of fiction is set on or features the Earth, as the only planet home to humans or known to have life.
Tunnel in the Sky is a juvenile science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1955 by Scribner's as one of the Heinlein juveniles.The story describes a group of students sent on a survival test to an uninhabited planet, who soon realise they are stranded there.
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Terrae, extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies List of terrae on Mars; List of terrae on Venus; Terra, a highland on the Moon (Luna) Terrestrial (disambiguation), things related to land or the planet Earth
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