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The region of the [[Solar System]] '''beyond Neptune''' contains sparse populations of relatively small rocky and icy objects. These include the [[Kuiper belt]], a group which includes the [[dwarf planet]] [[Pluto]] and other [[plutoid]]s including [[Haumea (dwarf planet)|Haumea]] and [[Makemake (dwarf planet)|Makemake]]. Further out is the [[scattered disk]], a group which includes [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]], a [[dwarf planet]] slightly smaller than Pluto, and even more distant [[detached object]]s such as [[90377 Sedna|Sedna]]. |
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In the past, the use of this area of the solar system as a setting for science fiction has been limited to [[Pluto in fiction|Pluto]], given its comparatively early discovery in 1930, and trans-plutonian [[Fictional planets of the Solar System|fictional planets]]. However, as Eris, other [[dwarf planet]]s such as [[Haumea]] and [[Makemake]] and further [[trans-Neptunian object]]s have been discovered and the region has been better scrutinized by astronomers, works of fiction have begun to reflect the region more extensively and realistically. |
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== Literature == |
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* In ''[[Saturn's Children (Stross novel)|Saturn's Children]]'' (2008), a novel by [[Charles Stross]], an intelligent robot in the service of a shadowy organisation travels throughout the Solar System, with the plot climax on Eris. |
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*In ''[[The Unincorporated Man]]'' (2009), by [[Dani Kollin]] and [[Eytan Kollin]], [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]] is settled by puritanical prudes. |
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*In [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s ''[[3001: The Final Odyssey]]'' (1997), one of several prose sequel novel to ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', features a mission to mine the Kuiper belt for water in order to terraform Venus. |
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*The 2005 [[John Scalzi]] novel ''[[The End of All Things (book)|The End of All Things]]'' has an abandoned base on Sedna. |
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*In ''Higher Reality'' (2015) by Alexander Janzer, a part of the story takes place in the [[Oort Cloud]] and near the planet Eris. |
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== Film and television == |
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* In "The Griffin Equivalency", the fourth episode of the second season of ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', [[Raj Koothrappali]] is included in ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine's "30 Under 30 to watch" list for his discovery of a trans-Neptunian object beyond the Kuiper belt. Officially designated {{mp|2008 NQ|17}}, Raj had nicknamed the body "[[Planet Hollywood|Planet]] [[Bollywood]]".<ref name="BigBang">{{cite episode|title=The Griffin Equivalency|series=The Big Bang Theory|serieslink=The Big Bang Theory|airdate=October 13, 2008|season=2|number=4}}</ref> The object is itself fictional, and no TNO has been assigned that designation. |
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== Comics and anime == |
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== Games == |
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* In the video game series [[Mass Effect]] (2007–), Pluto's moon Charon is discovered by humanity, in 2149, to be a Mass Relay encased in ice. |
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== Music == |
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== See also == |
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* [[Pluto in fiction]] |
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== References == |
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{{Astronomical locations in fiction}} |
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