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The "science" in science-fiction of the Gernsback period was not wholly borrowed from the outside world. Some concepts were created on a mythical level. Particularly interesting is the establishment of "Bodia" (according to one cosmology of the day, a former fifth planet whose destruction formed the
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How might it be if Ceres and Pallas were just a pair of fragments, or portions of a once greater planet which at one time occupied its proper place between Mars and Jupiter, and was in size more analogous to the other planets, and perhaps millions of years ago, had, either through the impact of a
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By the early 1900s, the asteroids started making more regular appearances. The asteroid field has often been depicted as having asteroids so close together as to impede travel, though this became less common later in the century as writers started portraying a more realistic density. Because the
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One important series of interrelated stories was the "Hills of Space" sequence, dealing with the colonization of the asteroids by outcasts from earth. This series began with "Incommunicado" (1950) and extended through several stories to "The Gambling Hell and the Sinful Girl"
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Asteroids started making more frequent appearances in fiction in the early 1900s, and these works tended to depict the asteroid belt as a region that must be navigated carefully lest one's spaceship should collide with one of the asteroids. The
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Bode's Fifth Planet, "Bodia." (A hypothetical planet between Mars and Jupiter that broke up to form the asteroid belt. It is usually fictionally considered as Earth-like, with a human population.)
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Resource extraction from asteroids has remained a common theme in science fiction, serving many different purposes both in space and on Earth. Besides being sources of valuable materials such as
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Within weeks of his discovery, Olbers had an explanation for why there were two planets in the same orbit. Olbers fleshed out the idea in a letter to William Herschel on May 17, 1802
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and inhabited by humans, often advanced humans and occasionally the ancestors of humans on Earth. Interplanetary warfare with Mars causes the destruction of Bodia—and indirectly,
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Hampton, Steven (Summer 2000). Lee, Tony (ed.). "Momentos of Creation: Asteroids & Comets in SF". The Planets Project: A Science Fictional Tour of the Solar System.
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before somehow being destroyed, has been a recurring theme with various explanations for the planet's destruction proposed. This hypothetical former planet is in
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are found on an asteroid, is a late example of the destroyed planet theme; it has otherwise largely been relegated to deliberately retro works such as the 1989
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on Jupiter. Many stories involve attempts to alter asteroid trajectories to avert such collisions, while in some stories they are instead caused intentionally.
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results both in the partial destruction of Bodia, thus creating the asteroids, and the displacement of the largest fragment to a much wider orbit to create
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that could be transferred to Earth either directly by impacting the planet or indirectly via astronauts visiting the asteroid, also surfaces occasionally.
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in 1945, stories of this planetary destruction became increasingly common, encouraged by the advent of a plausible-seeming means of disintegration.
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the technology that caused the destruction has been lost to time. The planet's destruction by Martians is also mentioned in Heinlein's 1961 novel
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also debuted as a theme around the same time. In works where the asteroid belt is settled by humans, it is often conceptually similar to the
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Later works mostly recognize that the individual asteroids are very far apart: the average distance between them is comparable to the
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story where the exact cause of destruction is never specified but there is a crater hundreds of miles wide and deep in the former
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comes to Earth from an asteroid as an egg before hatching, and an asteroid is likewise the homeworld of the title character in
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writes that while the portrayal of the inhabitants of the asteroid belt as independent-minded remains common in works such as
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the asteroids was limited by their small size, though this did not stop some works such as the 1959–1964 science fiction
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in 1801. For the rest of that century, however, asteroids rarely appeared in fiction—writers preferring the planets as
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projects, and certain compounds such as ice may be used for terraforming. Other compounds may be used on-site for
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and other on-screen portrayals of impact events or threats thereof—be they by asteroids or other objects such as
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asteroids are so small, they are usually not depicted as inhabited—though in some works they are nevertheless
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by asteroids has been a recurring theme. It received successive boosts in popularity following the end of
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by exploiting the third dimension of space, since the asteroids are mostly located in the plane of the
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The concept of hollowing out asteroids has also extended to turning them into large spacecraft, as in
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on asteroids appears only rarely in fiction, owing to their small size. An early example is found in
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instead of striking the Earth, a plot point that recurs in Isaac R. Nathanson's 1930 short story "
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to the asteroid belt that it treats space as two-dimensional and constrains movement accordingly.
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The asteroid impact motif increased in popularity from the 1950s onward, possibly as a result of
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Settlement in the asteroid belt is in fiction often associated with a fiercely-independent,
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that had somehow been destroyed. This became a popular explanation for the existence of the
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recounts the history of such a society and the development of its particular culture, in
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and technologically advanced. Humans stranded on an asteroid encounter hostile aliens in
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Additional boosts to the theme's popularity came in 1980 with the publication of the
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consists of the remnants of the former fifth planet that existed in an orbit between
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with Jupiter. The latter in particular is credited with inspiring a large number of
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Altering asteroid trajectories, besides being a means to avert impact events as in
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asteroids) as the ultimate origin of mankind and possessor of a supercivilization.
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system also appears in the 1981 episode "The Golden Man" of the television series
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of science fiction, Bodia was a recurring theme. In these stories it is typically
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on the inside. The latter concept has also been used for turning asteroids into
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is used for settling the cosmos. Hollowed-out asteroids used as prisons in
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that by the beginning of the new millennium, asteroidal impact events and
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Clicking on a planet leads to the article about its depiction in fiction.
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wrote three stories in short succession that revolve around the topic: "
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65 million years ago was caused by an asteroid impact that created the
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to be sold for profit, asteroids may be repurposed as raw material for
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work that mentions this explanation for the origin of the asteroids is
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have appeared in fiction since at least the late 1800s, the first one—
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conducted by the inhabitants of Mars, while in Heinlein's 1951 novel
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is a recurring theme. The earliest fictional example, according to
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series transposes this motif from the asteroid belt to the remote
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humanity converts a large number of asteroids into spacecraft for
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A new concept was introduced in the pulp era of science fiction:
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thus states that the fifth planet was destroyed as a result of
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portrays a community of asteroid miners, Asimov's 1953 novel
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off the coast of Mexico, and in 1994 with the collision of
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is converted into another generation ship in the 2014–2015
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from portraying asteroids with breathable atmospheres and
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comet, or from an internal explosion, burst into pieces?
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between spacecraft among asteroids appear in the 1980
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subgenre in particular often features this motif. In
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In Bobrowsky, Peter T.; Rickman, Hans (eds.). 3028: 3026: 2454:. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 146–148. 1574:The earliest example listed in the catalogue of 797:" depicts an astronaut stranded on the asteroid 100:of science fiction, particularly in the form of 1774: 1772: 1770: 1768: 1766: 1764: 1762: 1760: 1758: 1756: 1754: 1752: 1750: 1748: 1746: 1744: 1742: 1740: 1738: 1736: 1734: 1732: 1730: 1728: 1726: 1724: 1722: 1720: 1718: 1716: 1714: 1528: 153: 76:that predicts the planet's existence is named. 2195:. Kent State University Press. pp. xvii. 1712: 1710: 1708: 1706: 1704: 1702: 1700: 1698: 1696: 1694: 749:". Along with this outer-space analogy of the 4001: 3802: 2648:Caryad; Römer, Thomas; Zingsem, Vera (2014). 2029:Caryad; Römer, Thomas; Zingsem, Vera (2014). 904:. Another alien-modified asteroid appears in 33:Artist's conception of a dense asteroid field 8: 3491:. Kent State University Press. p. 305. 3453:. Kent State University Press. p. 746. 2895:. 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Examples include the 1958 Italian film 1148:controlled ecological life-support system 667:", and the inhabitants of an asteroid in 244:a few thousand years ago as the culprit. 3007:The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places 1904:. Taylor & Francis. pp. 40–41. 1598:Man Abroad: A Yarn of Some Other Century 1595:is the anonymously published 1886 story 729:in works like Simak's 1932 short story " 396:, and implied to have been caused using 1614: 1567: 1410:were the two most popular scenarios in 459:. A variation on the theme appears in 4238:Outer Solar System, does not include 2928:: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction 2388:. Taylor & Francis. p. 375. 1501:. Asteroid diversion also appears in 1174:'s posthumously-published 1908 novel 979:The Gambling Hell and the Sinful Girl 849:, as in Heinlein's 1939 short story " 567:goes so far in its adaptation of the 351: 325: 68:often called "Bodia" in reference to 7: 3718:"Asteroids Colliding with the Earth" 801:as it makes a close approach to the 541:and the 1995–1996 television series 3764:. New York: Knopf. pp. 23–25. 3752:"Mining the Moon and the asteroids" 3403:"England, George Allan (1877–1936)" 3208:"Weekend Anime: Knights Of Sidonia" 3185:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 3145:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 3102:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 3055:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 2977:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 2743:Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2594:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 2543:. Harmony Books. pp. 163–164. 2157:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 1805:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 845:", or hollowing them out to create 222:, it is often called "Bodia" after 2106:"The Science-Fiction Solar System" 1158:", large quantities of asteroidal 380:", the destruction results from a 25: 3817:Astronomical locations in fiction 3308:Stanway, Elizabeth (2024-09-08). 3009:. Wonderland Press. p. 174. 2746:(7.3 ed.). pp. 2, 7–8. 2062:Stanway, Elizabeth (2022-10-02). 932:appear in Zebrowski's 1998 novel 72:, for whom the since-discredited 4717: 4716: 4211:Between Earth and the main belt 3936: 2778:"Asteroids, Comets, and Impacts" 1592:Science-Fiction: The Early Years 4606:Asteroids visited by spacecraft 3567:from the original on 2023-09-21 3322:from the original on 2024-09-08 2822:from the original on 2021-10-21 2753:from the original on 2024-02-10 2076:from the original on 2023-03-20 1103:2015–2022 television adaptation 1040:, starting with the 2001 novel 967:. 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Index

Ceres (dwarf planet) in fiction
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Asteroids
Ceres
settings
Phaëton hypothesis
asteroid belt
Mars
Jupiter
science fiction
Johann Elert Bode
Titius–Bode law
habitable
terraforming
habitats
spacecraft
pulp era
asteroid mining
Space piracy
Wild West
impact events
World War II
nuclear anxiety
Alvarez hypothesis
extinction of the dinosaurs
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
Fictional planets of the Solar System § PhaĂ«ton
Heinrich Olbers
William Herschel
asteroid

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