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Schematic diagram of the orbits of the fictional planets Vulcan, Counter-Earth, and Phaëton in relation to the five innermost planets of the Solar System.. Fictional planets of the Solar System have been depicted since the 1700s—often but not always corresponding to hypothetical planets that have at one point or another been seriously proposed by real-world astronomers, though commonly ...
Fictional extraterrestrial characters from the Solar System (2 C, 8 P) Films about the Solar System (9 C, 2 P) A. ... Pages in category "Fiction about the Solar System"
The new theory modified the predicted orbits of all planets, but the magnitude of the differences from Newtonian theory diminishes rapidly as one gets farther from the Sun. Also, Mercury's fairly eccentric orbit makes it much easier to detect the perihelion shift than is the case for the nearly circular orbits of Venus and Earth.
A hypothetical former fifth planet that has since been destroyed has been referenced in fiction since at least the late 1800s. [7] [8] In science fiction, the planet is often called "Bodia" after Johann Elert Bode. [8] [9] By the pulp era of science fiction, Bodia was a recurring theme.
Nemesis is a hypothetical red dwarf [1] or brown dwarf, [2] originally postulated in 1984 [3] to be orbiting the Sun at a distance of about 95,000 AU (1.5 light-years), [2] somewhat beyond the Oort cloud, to explain a perceived cycle of mass extinctions in the geological record, which seem to occur more often at intervals of 26 million years.
The Black Cloud is a 1957 science fiction novel by British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle. It details the arrival of an enormous cloud of gas that enters the Solar System and appears about to destroy most of the life on Earth by blocking the Sun's radiation.
Other purposes for Mercury in modern science fiction include as a base for studying the Sun, as in the 1980 novel Sundiver by David Brin where humans attempt to determine whether there is extraterrestrial life inside the Sun. [2] [3] [16] Similarly, the planet is used as a solar power station in the 2005 novel Mercury, part of Ben Bova's Grand ...
Early depictions of Mars in fiction were often part of tours of the Solar System. Clicking on a planet leads to the article about its depiction in fiction. Before the 1800s, Mars did not get much attention in fiction writing as a primary setting, though it did appear in some stories visiting multiple locations in the Solar System.