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The concept has become a common setting in science fiction, [4] appearing as early as the 1956 film Forbidden Planet and Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune. [5] [6] [7] The environment of the desert planet Arrakis (also known as Dune) in the Dune franchise drew inspiration from the Middle East, particularly the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf, as well as Mexico. [8]
For a list of planets as used in astrology, see: Planets in astrology; For a list of supposed planets not based on scientific evidence, see: Planetary objects proposed in religion, astrology, ufology and pseudoscience; For lists of planets in fiction, see: Fictional planets of the Solar System, Extrasolar planets in fiction § List, and List of ...
A desert planet on the edge of the galaxy, home to the Aki-Aki species. [105] Pillio: Star Wars Battlefront II: 2017 Video game Uncolonized aquatic planet with over 3 million species, and the location of one of Darth Sidious' observatories. [106] [107] Polis Massa: Revenge of the Sith: 2005 Film
Of several items, then called radio stars, Cygnus A was identified with a distant galaxy, being the first of many radio stars to become a radio galaxy. [24] [25] First quasar: 3C 273: Virgo: 1962 3C273 was the first quasar with its redshift determined, and by some considered the first quasar. [citation needed] 3C 48: Triangulum: 1960
First extrasolar planet discovered by indirect imaging (visible light) Found in 2020 to be a debris cloud from a collision of asteroids rather than a planet 2015 NameExoWorlds Tadmor: Ancient Palmyrene and modern Arabic name for Palmyra: Gamma Cephei A (Errai) 1.85 903.3 2.05 radial vel. 2003 45.0 1.4 2015 NameExoWorlds Meztli
Candidate planets around Luyten 726-8 (8.77 ly) [115] and GJ 3378 (25.2 ly) were reported in 2024. [77] The Working Group on Extrasolar Planets of the International Astronomical Union adopted in 2003 a working definition on the upper limit for what constitutes a planet: not being massive enough to sustain thermonuclear fusion of deuterium.
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, 07.03.03: "Voyage to the Planets" by Nicholas R. Perrone, 2007 (accessed November 2010) Journey Through the Galaxy: "Planets of the Solar System" by Stuart Robbins and David McDonald, 2006 (accessed November 2010) The Nine Planets, "Appendix 2: Solar System Extrema" by Bill Arnett, 2007 (accessed November 2010)
Arrakis (/ ə ˈ r ɑː k ɪ s /) [1] —informally known as Dune and later called Rakis—is a fictional desert planet featured in the Dune series of novels by Frank Herbert.Herbert's first novel in the series, 1965's Dune, is considered one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, [2] and it is sometimes cited as the best-selling science fiction novel in history.