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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 ...
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Nevertheless, there are also many fictional planets that differ significantly from Earth. [1] [2] [3] Earth-like planets have become less common in fiction following the first detection of an exoplanet around a Sun-like star in 1995, [a] reflecting the scarcity of such worlds among the thousands discovered since.
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 ...
This category is for the fictional use of real planets and dwarf planets. For completely fictional planets see: Category:Fictional planets. Subcategories.
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. ... that fictional planets of the Solar System include a planet inside the orbit of Mercury , Counter-Earth , and a destroyed planet between Mars and Jupiter (schematic diagram of orbits ...
By RYAN GORMAN Scientists may have found Planet X -- the long-rumored object believed to be larger than Earth and further from the sun than Pluto. Planet X and another object dubbed "Planet Y ...
Fiction set on dwarf planets (2 C, 1 P) E. Fiction about Earth (15 C, 21 P) J. ... Fiction about the Sun (1 C, 18 P) T. Fiction about trans-Neptunian objects (2 C, 9 ...