List of Planets in Science Fiction

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Several generations of science fiction plots have been set on celestial bodies other than the Earth, with the Moon and Mars being the favorite locations inside the Solar System during in the early decades of the genre. While the Moon and Mars are perennial favorites as locations, fictional planets beyond the Solar System predominated as settings in more recent decades.

During the first decades of science fiction Mars was probably the most common extraterrestrial location for science fiction stories because little was known about its surface conditions before the first Mariner space probes. Astronomer Percival Lowell's conviction that he had observed canals on Mars was taken at face value by many and writers like Robert A. Heinlein and Ray Bradbury imagined the red planet as resembling the American Southwest, an arid world with an elder and presumably dying race. In contemporary science, Mars is now depicted primarily as a planet sucessfully terraformed by authors like John Barnes and Kim Stanley Robinson or as the location for archaeological excations of alien ruins by authors like Geoffrey A. Landis. During the early-to-mid 20th century Venus was also a popular setting. Earth's sister planet was usually depicted as a warm, wet, jungle-covered and marsh-covered world where life was plentiful, with often thinly-veiled allegories of the European colonization of Africa or Southeast Asia.

In many respects subsequent science fiction stories about extrasolar terrestrial planets have continued the tradition of seeing them as either deserts or swamps. Creativity, in short, has been lacking.


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[edit] List of Solar Planets in Science Fiction

[edit] List of Extrasolar Planets in Science Fiction

The following is a list of extra-solar planets, moons and asteroids appearing in science fiction novels, short stories, films, television series and videogames. Moons and asteroids are indicated by (moon) after the named object. Where possible page numbers in the source or series name and date of the television episode together with alternative names are also indicated.

Although the names of many of the gods of classical Greco-Roman religion are employed to name extra-solar worlds, many authors have adopted rough naming conventions that depart significantly from that used in the Sol System to date. The planets named in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series betray a familiarity with the real place names of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean. The planets named in the Star Wars universe often combine consonants un-separated by vowels and vowels un-separated by consonants. The worlds of Star Wars suffer from repetition; for example compare Tatooine, Dantooine, Handooine and Klatooine or compare Dagobah and Xagobah.

Keith Laumer employs the amusingly homespun place naming convention of the American West. Despite the historical example of American states and cities, Canadian provinces and cities, and islands in the South Pacific comparatively few planets are named by placing the words “New” or ‘Nova” before the name of an existing place name in Europe. Charles Stross is the major exception to this generalization.

Most of the planets named by science fiction authors are either clearly very Earth-like or are hostile rocks with thin atmosphere. Planets like the large number of gas giants discovered by astronomers in the last decade are rare. So too are terrestrial planets marginal for human habitation. Terrestrial planets are often designated with a Roman numeral "III" to indicate that they are the third planet from their star, a reflection of the fact that the only known terrestrial world is the third planet from its star.

[edit] Extrasolar Planet (or Moon) Name and Source

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Abyormen - Hal Clement's Cycle of Fire
Abregado-rae - Star Wars universe
Abrogun - Brian Aldiss's Starswarm, p. 8
Abydos - "Children of the Gods," Stargate SG-1 Season 1; “Secrets,” Stargate SG-1 Season 2; “Absolute Power,” Stargate SG-1 Season 4; “Full Circle,” Stargate SG-1 Season 6
Acamar III - "The Vengence Factor," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 9, Season 3, 11-20-1989
Achrady VII - "Captain's Holiday," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 11, Season 3, 4-2-1990
Acquara - "Jeremiah Crichton," Farscape Episode 10114
Adad a.k.a. Anubelea II - Poul Anderson's Firetime
Adari - Star Wars universe
Addams (double planet with Hull) - John Barnes's A Million Open Doors universe
Adega - Star Wars universe
Adelphus IV - "Data's Day," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 11, Season 4, 1-7-1991
Aduba III - Star Wars universe
Adumar - Star Wars universe
Aeten II (Mining Planet) - Star Wars universe
Af'El - Star Wars universe
Agali Vespocci - Adam-Troy Castro's Emissaries From The Dead
Aganip - Brian Aldiss's The Helliconia Trilogy
Agni - H. Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy
Agora - Doctor Who universe
Ahnooie-4 - Calvin and Hobbes' Spaceman Spiff planet
Ajilon Prime - "...Nor the Battle to the Stong," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 4, Season 5, 10-21-1996
Aka — Ursula K. Le Guin's The Telling
Akka - Robert A. Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy
Akkht - C.J. Cherryh's The Chanur Saga
Akritiri - "The Chute," Star Trek: Voyager Episode 43, Season 3, 9-18-1996
Aladir - "Starfog," a short story in Poul Anderson's Beyond the Beyond
Alaspin - Alan Dean Foster's The End of the Matter
Alastria - “Prime Factors,” Star Trek Yoyager Episode 9, Season 1, 3-2-1995
Albian - “Countdown,” Blake’s 7 Episode B9, 3-6-1979
Alcayd - Robert Holdstock's Eye Among the Blind, p. 198
Alcyone a.k.a. Eta Tauri - “Haven,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 10, Season 1, 11-30-1987
Aldea - "When the Bough Breaks," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 16, Season 1, 2-15-1988
Aldebaran III - "The Deadly Years," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 12, Season 2, 12-8-1967
Aldebaran - "Where No Man Has Gone Before," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 1, Season 3, 9-22-1966; brief reference, "Past Tense, Part 1," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode
Alderaan - Star Wars universe
Aldo - Keith Laumer's The Return of Retief, p. 139
Aldo Cerise - Keith Laumer's The Return of Retief
Alexandria - David Weber's Off Armageddon Reef
Alfa 177 - “The Enemy Within,” Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 5, Season 1, 10-6-1966
Algeron IV - "Coming of Age," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 18, Season 1, 3-14-1988
Algol - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Algol a.k.a. Beta Persei - “Encounter at Farpoint, Part 1,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 1, Season 1, 9-28-1987
Algol IV - - "That Share of Glory," a short story by C.M. Kornbluth, Astounding, 1952
Algol VII - - Barry N. Malzberg's On A Planet Alien, p. 384
Algoria – “The Wire,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 22, Season 2, 5-8-1994
Alice (moon of Greene's World) - Elizabeth Bear's Undertow
Allosimanius Syneca (Arctic Planet) - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Allray - Elizabeth Moon's Vatta's War series
Almas - Star Wars universe, Revenge of the Sith
Alnath II - Robert E. Vardeman's The Klingon Gambit, a Star Trek novel
Alpha (one of three moons of Greentrees) - Nancy Kress's Crossfire
Alpha III - “Court Martial,” Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 20, Season 1, 2-2-1967
Alpha 177 - "The Enemy Within," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 5, Season 1, 10-6-1966
Alpha-441 (planetoid) - “Dreadnaught,” Star Trek: Voyager Episode 17, Season 2, 2-12-1996
Alpha Aquila IV a.k.a. Altair IV- "Prophet Motive," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 16, Season 3, 2-20-1995
Alpha C IV - Robert Silverberg's Revolt on Alpha C
Alpha Carinae II - "The Ultimate Computer," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 24, Season 2, 3-8-1968
Alpha Carinae V - "Wolf in the Fold," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 14, Season 2, 12-22-1967
Alpha Centauri – “Past Tense, Part 1,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 11, Season 3, 1-2-1995
Alpha Centauri IV (Lewis Colony) - John Vornholt's Masks, a Star Trek: The Next Generation novel, p. 5
Alpha Cygnus IX a.k.a. Deneb IX - “Sarek,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 23, Season 3, 5-14-1990
Alpha Leonis a.k.a. Regulus - “The Vengeance Factor,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 9, Season 2, 11-20-1989
Alpha Majoris I - “Wolf in the Fold,” Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 14, Season 2, 12-22-1967
Alpha moon, Peliar Zel - “The Host,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 23, Season 4, 5-13-1991
Alpha Omicron VII (Gas Giant) - “Galaxy’s Child,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 14, Season 4, 3-11-1991
Alpha Onias III - “Future Imperfect,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 8, Season 4, 11-12-1990
Alpha Proxima II - “Wolf in the Fold,” Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 14, Season 2, 12-22-1967
Alpha Site (P3X-984 & P4X-650) - Stargate: SG1 universe
Alpha V – “Charlie X,” Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 2, Season 1, 9-15-1966
Alra-kae - Timothy Zahn's Night Train to Rigel, brief reference
Altai - Poul Anderson's Flandry of Terra
Altair (P3X-989) - Stargate: SG1 universe
Altair III - "Encounter at Farpoint, Part 1" Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 1, Season 1, 9-28-1987
Altair IV a.k.a. Alpha Aquila IV - "Prophet Motive," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 16, Season 3, 2-20-1995
Altair-4 - Forbidden Planet
Altair 4 - James Blish's The Triumph of Time, p. 470, Cities in Flight universe
Altair VI - "Amok Time," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 1, Season 2, 9-15-1967
Alteria – “Armageddon Game,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 13, Season 2, 1-30-1994
Altora – “Vortex,” Star Trek Deep Space Nine Episode 11, Season 1, 4-18-1993
Alzarius - Doctor Who universe
Alzoc III - Star Wars universe
Amador - Babylon 5 universe
Amazonia - "Amazon Women in the Mood," Futurama Volume 3, Episode 1
Ambria (Desert Planet) - Star Wars universe
Amerind Planet - “The Paradise Syndrome,” Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 3, Season 3, 19-4-1968
Amleth Prime - “Return to Grace,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 13, Season 4, 2-5-1996
Ammuud - Star Wars universe
'Amphibios 9 (Kip's home planet) - Futurama
Anacona - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star
Anacreon - Isaac Asimov's Foundation, Forward the Foundation, Prelude to Foundation
Anahita - Sean Williams' Saturn Returns
Anarres (moon)- Ursulla K. LeGuin's The Dispossessed
Anathema - Doctor Who universe
Anaxes - Star Wars universe
Andevin (moon) - “The Forsaken,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 16, Season 1, 5-23-1993
Andat - Babylon 5 universe
Andrecia - Sylvia Louise Engdahl's Enchantress from the Stars
Andevian II - “The Forsaken,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 16, Season 1, 5-28-1993
Ando (Ocean Planet) - Star Wars universe
Andor a.k.a. Andoria – “Prophet Motive,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 16, Season 3, 2-20-1995
Andoria a.k.a. Andor – “Prophet Motive,” Star Trek: Deep: Space Nine Episode 16, Season 3, 2-20-1995
Andros a.k.a. Bajor VIII – “Past Prologue,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 2, Season 1, 1-10-1993
Androzani Major (double planet with Androzani Minor - "The Caves of Androzani," episode of Doctor Who
Androzani Minor (double planet with Androzani Major - "The Caves of Androzani," episode of Doctor Who
Aneth (home planet of the Anethans) - "The Horns of Nimon," episode of Doctor Who
Anfogen - John Brunner's Interstellar Empire, p. 221
Angel One (Matriarchy Planet) - "Angel One," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 13, Season 1, 1-25-1988
Angslan - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Efect
Angosia II - “The Hunted,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 11, Season 3, 1-8-1990
Angvia - Zeta One 1969 film
Annanworld - John Brunner's Interstellar Empire
Anoat - Star Wars universe
Anodunos - Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds video role playing game
Anshun - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star
Antar - Star Wars universe
Antar 4 (moon orbiting the Gas Giant Antar) - Star Wars Universe
Antares - Babylon 5 Universe
Anteevy - Star Wars Universe
Anthea - Walter Tevis' The Man Who Fell to Earth
Antica (Beta Renna star system) - "Lonely Among Us," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 6, Season 1, 11-2-1987
Antide - “Manhunt,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 19, Season 2, 6-19-1989
Antioch - Richard Paul Russo's Ship of Fools
Antos 4] - "Whom Gods Destroy," Star Trek: The Original Series, Episode 71, Season 3, 1-3-1969
Anuurn - C.J. Cherryh's The Chanur Saga
Anvil - “And If They Lay Us Down to Rest…” Space: Above and Beyond (SE-123, Parts 1 & 2), which aired on 5-26-1996.
Anzen - Elizabeth A. Lynn's A Different Light
Ap (one of 7 moons of World) - Nancy Kress's Probability Moon
Apollo 4, a.k.a. Norn - Larry Niven's Destiny's Road
Aquitar (Ocean Planet) - Power Rangers television series.
Aquifer - Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen's Heaven (SF novel), p. 209
Arachna - Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky
Aradia - Robert A. Heinlein & Spider Robinson's Variable Star, brief reference p. 289
Aragon - Don D'Ammassa's Haven
Aramand - Star Wars universe
Aramen - Jim Grimsley's The Last Green Tree
Arawath - “The Wire,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 22, Season 2, 5-8-1994
Arbazan - “The Search, Part II,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 2, Season 3, 10-3-1994
Arbra - Star Wars universe
Arcadia - Soldier (film)
Arcadia - Deceit, a Doctor Who universe novel
Arcadia - Ruse, a Sigilverse comic book series
Arcady - Norman Spinrad's The Void Captain's Tale, p. 11
Archanis – “Arena,” Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 18, Season 1, 1-19-1967
Archanis IV – “Day of the Dove,” Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 7, Season 3, 11-1-1968
Archer IV – “Yesterday’s Enterprise,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 15, Season 3, 2-19-1990
Archanon - “The Mark of Archanon,” Space: 1999 Episode 8, Season 2, 10-16-1976
Archeopia - Galactus
Arcon - Rex Gordon's The Yellow Fraction
Arcturas - James Strong's Flight to the Stars
Arcturas IV - Babylon 5 universe
Ardamador II - John Clute's Appleseed, brief reference, p. 223.
Ardana - "The Cloud Minders," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 74, Season 3, 2-28-1969
Arden - Shadowmind, a Doctor Who universe novel
Ardana – “The Cloud Minders,” Star Trek Original Series Episode 21, Season 3, 2-18-1969
Ardazir - Poul Anderson's We Claim These Stars], p. 44
Ardena - Stargate: SG1 universe
Argabuthon - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Argellius II - "Wolf in the Fold," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 36, Season 2, 12-22-1967
Argos (P3X-8596) - "Brief Candle," Stargate SG*1 universe
Argos – “Babel,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 4, Season 1, 1-24-1993
Argolis - "The Leisure Hive," episodes of Doctor Who
Argolis Moon (Terrestrial Moon) – “I, Borg,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 23, Season 5, 5-11-1992
Argus - John Brunner's Interstellar Empire
Argus II (Desert Planet) - James Blish's Cities in Flight universe
Argus III - James Blish's Cities in Flight universe
Argus IV (Arctic Planet) - James Blish's Cities in Flight universe
Argus V, a.k.a. Treetrunk - Alan Dean Foster's Dirge
Ariannus – “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield,” Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 15, Season 3, 1-10-1969
Arias – “Caretaker, Part 1,” Star Trek: Voyager Episode 1, Season 1, 1-16-1995
Aridius (Desert Planet and former Ocean Planet) - “The Chase,” Doctor Who Season 2, Story Number 16
Ariel - “The Last Sunset,” Space: 1999 Episode 11, Season 1, 1-1-1976
Aries - Unarius (UFO Religion)
Aris Colony - Babylon 5 universe
Arisia 3 - Babylon 5 universe
Ark - Samuel R. Delaney's Nova, brief reference
Arkadia – “The Testament of Arkadia,” Space: 1999 Episode 24, Season 1, 2-12-1976
Arkaria (site of Arkaria base) – “Starship Mine,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 18, Season 6, 3-29-1993
Arkinfoodle Minor - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Arloff IX - "The Neutral Zone," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 25, Season 1, 5-16-1988 description
Armaghast - Dan Simmons’s Hyperion, p. 27; Hyperion Cantos
Armis IX – “Angel One,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 13, Season 1, 1-25-1988
Arous - The Brain from Planet Arous 1957 film
Arrakis a.k.a. Rakis - Frank Herbert's Dune series
Arrawd - Alan Dean Foster's Running from the Diety
Arruckus - Ellis Weiner's National Lampoon's Doon
Arthur (moon of Greene's World) - Elizabeth Bear's Undertow
Artifactovol - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Arvada III – “The Arsenal of Freedom,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 20, Season 1, 4-11-1988
Asborg - Poul Anderson's For Love or Glory
Aschen (P4C-970) - Stargate SG1 universe
Asconel - John Brunner's Interstellar Empire
Aschelan V - "Dreadnaught," Star Trek: Voyager Episode 34, Season 2, 2-12-1996
Asgard - C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun Trilogy
Asgard - "The Shadow of Space," a short story in Philip Jose Farmer's Down in the Black Gang
Asgard - David Weber's On Basilisk Station, Honorverse
Askone - Isaac Asimov's Foundation
Asperta - Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire
Asquith - Dan Simmons’s Hyperion, p. 210
Assmazzara - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Asuras - Stargate Atlantis universe
Atlantis (Ocean Planet) — Peter F. Hamilton's The Night's Dawn Trilogy
Atheria – “Collision Course,” Space: 1999 Episode 13, Season 1, 9-18-1975
Athos - Lois McMaster Bujold's Ethan of Athos
Atifs IV – “Manhunt,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 19, Season 2, 6-19-1989
Atlast - David Brin's Startide Rising p. 50
Atlec (orbiting Omega Sagitta) - “The Outrageous Okona,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 4, Season 2, 12-12-1988
Ator - Star Wars universe
Atrea IV – “The Gambit, Part 1,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 4, Season 7, 10-11-1993
Atrios - "The Armageddon Factor," episodes of Doctor Who
Audet IX - "The Child," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 1, Season 2, 11-21-1988
Augusta - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star
Aurianta - Michael Berlyn's The Eternal Enemy
Auron - “Children of Auron,” Blake’s 7 Episode C7, 2-18-1980
Aurora - Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel, brief reference in The Naked Sun
Avalon - Nancy Kress's Crossfire
Avalon a.k.a. Tau Ceti 3 - Larry Niven's Destiny's Road
Axista Four - Doctor Who universe
Axum (SF planet) - Star Wars universe
Axxila - Star Wars universe
Ayisha (moon of Babur) - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim
Azbrian - Star Wars universe
Azoll - Keith Laumer's The Return of Retief, brief reference, p. 99
Azoviton 6 - Michele Dutcher's "Storm Chaser," Aphelion, Issue 122, Vol. 12, June 2008.
Azure - "Nightmare of Eden," episodes of Doctor Who

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BP6-3Q1 – “Bane,” Stargate SG-1 Season 2
Baal's Outpost (P3S-114) - Stargate SG-1 universe
Babel (Neutral Planet) - "Journey to Babel," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode, 44, Season 2, 11-17-1967.
Babalu 4 - Ellis Weiner's National Lampoon's Doon
Babur (orbits star Mogul) - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim
Bajor – Deep Space Nine
Bajor VIII a.k.a. Andros – “Past Prologue,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 2, Season 1, 1-10-1993
Bakura - Star Wars universe, esp. Kathy Tyers The Truce at Bakura
Bal (a.k.a. Baluse) - Lloyd Biggle Jr.'s The Rule of the Door
Bal'demnic - Star Wars universe
Balder - Norman Spinrad's The Men in the Jungle, brief reference, p. 25
Baldur - H. Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy, brief reference p. 6
Balgut IV - a short story in Poul Anderson's Beyond the Beyond
Balos - Deathwalker, an episode of Babylon 5, 4-20-1994
Balosnee IV (Vacation Planet) – “The Nagus,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 10, Season 1, 3-21-1993
Balthus - Samuel R. Delaney's Nova, brief reference
Balzad IV - "A large on a Small Planet," Episode of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Bandicoot (Gas Giant) - Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen's Heaven (SF novel), brief reference, p. 20
Bandomeer - Star Wars universe, Jude Watson and Dave Wolverton's Jedi Apprentice
Bandraginus 5 - "The Pirate Planet," episodes of Doctor Who
Banea – “Ex Post Facto,” Star Trek: Voyager Episode 7, Season 1, 2-27-1995
Banya Ban - Brian Aldiss's Starswarm, p. 87
Barcelona - "The Parting of the Ways," episode in Season 27 of Dr. Who, brief reference
Bardakia – “Emissary, Part 1,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 1, Season 1, 1-3-1993
Bandril (Bandril home planet) - "Timelash," episodes of Doctor Who
Barcelona - "The Parting of the Ways," episode of Dotor Who
Barents - Margaret Ball's Disappearing Act
Barissa Prime - “The Adversary,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 26, Season 3, 6-19-1995
Barkon IV – “Thine Own Self,” Star Trek : The Next Generation Episode 16, Season 7, 2-14-1994
Baronn - Isaac Asimov's Pebble in the Sky
Barter Nine a.k.a. Goldblatt's World - Keith Laumer's The Return of Retief, Pp. 67-70, 117
Bastille (Prison Planet) - "Prisons," a short story in Kevin J. Anderson's colelction Landscapes.
Bastion - Star Wars universe
Bathyos (Ocean Planet) - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Baugenphyme (sulphur Desert Planet) - Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen's Heaven (SF novel), brief reference, p. 20
Bavarya - Mack Reynolds' Mission to Horatius, a Star Trek: The Original Series) novel
Beachworld - "Beachworld," a short story in Stephen King's collection Skeleton Crew
Bear (47 Ursae Majoris 3) - Allen Steele's Coyote Rising
Bedrosia (a.k.a Optrica or P2X-416) – “New Ground,” Stargate SG-1 Season 3
Bel II a.k.a. Ishtar, a.k.a. Anubelea III - Poul Anderson's Firetime
Bel-Nar - Babylon 5
Belgaroth - Star Wars universe
Belkadan (location of outpost ExGal 4) - Star Wars
Bellassa - Star Wars universe
Belletrix IV - Samuel R. Delaney's Nova, brief reference
Bellis - Timothy Zahn's The Third Lynx
Bellus - When Worlds Collide
Belzagor a.k.a. Holman's World - Robert Silverberg's Downward to the Earth
Beltane IX - "Coming of Age," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 18, Season 1, 3-14-1988 description
Benecia Colony - "Turnabout Intruder," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 79, Season 3, 6-3-1969
Bent’s World – Dan Simmons’s Hyperion, brief reference p. 140
Benzar - "Coming of Age," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 18, Season 1, 3-14-1988 description
Beowulf - David Weber's On Basilisk Station, Honorverse
Berchest (location of Calius saj Leeloo) - Star Wars universe
Berengaria VII – “The Side of Paradise,” Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 24, Season 1, 3-2-1967
Bering Deria 7 "This Side of Paradise," Star Trek: The Original Series, Episode 25, Season 1, 3-2-1967, brief reference
Bernard’s World - Dan Simmons’s Hyperion, Pp. 246-247
Bersallis III – “Lessons,” Star Trek: the Next Generation Episode 19, Season 6, 4-5-1993
Beser'ez - Karen Traviss' Wess'har Wars universe
Bespin (Gas Giant location of Cloud City) - Star Wars Episodes V and VI
Bessan - Doctor Who universe
Bestine IV - Star Wars universe
Beta (one of three moons of Greentrees) - Nancy Kress's Crossfire
Colony Beta 6 - "The Squire of Gothos," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 18, Season 1, 1-12-1967, brief reference
Beta 9 - Babylon 5
Beta 12 - Babylon 5
Beta 9 - Babylon 5
Earth Colony Beta 12 A - "Day of the Dove," in Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 66, Season 3, 11-1-1968
Beta Agni II – “The Most Toys,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 22, Season 3, 5-7-1990
Beta Antares IV – “A Piece of the Action,” Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 17, Season 2, 1-12-1968
Beta Li'odo - Howard Weinstein's Power Hungry (Star Trek: The Next Generation novel), brief reference p. 20
Beta Moon, Peliar Zel - “The Host,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 23, Season 4, 5-13-1991
Beta Persei a.k.a. Algol - “Encounter at Farpoint, Part 1,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 1, Season 1, 9-28-1987
Beta Portalin - "Operation Annihilate!" Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 29, Season 1, 4-13-1967
Beta Phyxis III (a.k.a. Phoenix) - John Scalzi's Old Man's War
Betazed – Star Trek; Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A Time for War, A Time for Peace
Beta Site (P3X-984) - Stargate SG-1 universe
Betelgeuse - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Betelgeuse 4 - John Vornholt’s Blood Oath (Babylon 5 novel)
Betelgeuse 5 - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Betelgeuse 6 - John Vornholt’s Voices (Babylon 5 novel)
Betelgeuse 7 - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Betelgeuse VII - Faux Novel Stephen Colbert’s Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure, Chapter 26
Betelgeuse IX - William Tenn's "Betelgeuse Bridge," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's Tomorrow the Stars
Betha - “The Last Enemy,” Space: 1999 Episode 18, Season 1, 2-19-1976
Bethselamin - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Betrushia - St Anthony's Fire, Doctor Who novel
Bharis - David Brin's "The Other Side of the Hill," a short story in Tomorrow Happens, Deb Geisler, ed.
Bifrost - "Landscapes," a short story in Kevin J. Anderson's collection Landscapes
Big Rock (moon of Prute) - Keith Laumer's The Return of Retief
Bilana II – “New Ground,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 10, Season 5, 1-6-1992
Bilbringi - Star Wars universe
Bimmiel - Star Wars universe
Bimmisaari - Star Wars universe
Binary (SF planet) - "At the Core," a short story in Larry Niven's Neutron Star
Binipinardia - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Blackguard - Erik M. Roth's "Blackguard's Finest," a short story in Aphelion, 1999.
Blackstrap - Keith Laumer's Retief and the Warlords, Pp. 140, 173
Blargon 7 - "The One With the Screamer," Friends Episode 322
Blasusarr - Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Commonwealth
Blaylock B - Charles Stross’s Iron Sunrise, Pp. 24-25
Blenjeel - Star Wars universe
Blessed - Robert A. Heinlein's Time Enough for Love
Blimminery - James Patrick Kelly's Burn, p. 18
Blorch - Invader Zim cartoon series
Blue - Alexis Glynn Latner's Hurricane Moon
Blue Moon - Keith Laumer's Retief and the Warlords
Bocai - Adam-Troy Castro's Emissaries From The Dead
Bog - Calvin and Hobbes' Spaceman Spiff planet
Bogden - Star Wars universe
Bohraj - Charles Stross’ Iron Sunrise, p. 72
Bolarus IX – “Allegiance,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 18, Season 3, 3-26-1990; Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A Time for War, A Time for Peace
Boodie Nen - Invader Zim cartoon series
Boondock IV - Keith Laumer's Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude, brief reference, p. 14
Bonadan - Star Wars universe
Bonde (SF planet) - Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire
Bonnburg - Scott Westerfeld's The Risen Empire, brief reference
Bopak II – “Hippocratic Oath,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 3, Season 4, 10-16-1995
Boraal II – “Homeward,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 13, Season 7, 1-17-1994
Boradis - "Wolf in the Fold," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 36, Season 2, 12-22-1967
Boradis III – “The Emissary,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 20, Season 2, 6-29-1989
Boreal III – “Silicon Avatar,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 4, Season 5, 10-14-1991
Borealis - Star Wars universe
Boreth (Klingon sacred world) - Star Trek universe
Borka VI – “Face of the Enemy,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 14, Season 6, 2-8-1993
Bornok - "Heirloom," a short story bu Norman Spinrad in his collection No Direction Home
Borthal's World - Sheri S. Tepper's Shadow's End
Bortresoye - "The Creed of the Kromon," episodes of Doctor Who
Boslic – “The Homecoming,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 1, Season 2, 9-26-1993
Botany — Anne McCaffrey's Catteni Series.
Bothawui (Bothawui Proper) - Star Wars universe
Boz Pity (Burial Planet) - Star Wars universe
Bozlen Two - Iain M. Banks' Consider Phlebas
Bpflash - Star Wars universe
Braah {home planet of the Ogrons) - "Frontier in Space" episodes of Doctor Who
Bracas V – “The Loss,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 10, Season 4, 12-31-1990
The Brain Slug Planet - Futurama
Brasil Novo (Immega 714 2) a.k.a. Bravo, a.k.a. Peekaboo Two - Robert A. Heinlein & Spider Robinson's Variable Star
Bravo (Immega 714 2) a.k.a. Brazil Novo, a.k.a. Peekaboo Two - Robert A. Heinlein & Spider Robinson's Variable Star
Brax – “Q-Less,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 6, Season 1, 2-7-1993
Breakmann - Jack McDevitt's Polaris
Bre’el IV – “Deja Q,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 13, Season 3, 2-5-1990
Brekka (Delos IV, a different planet and star system from the Delos IV where Beverly Crusher interned) - "Symbiosis," Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 21, Season 1, 4-18-1988
Brentaal - Star Wars universe
Brequinda - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Brentalia – “New Ground,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 10, Season 5, 1-6-1992
Bressia – Dan Simmons’s Hyperion, p. 141
Breton Colony probable (Celtic Planet)- John Scalzi's The Android's Sheep, brief reference, p. 301
Briand - John Barnes's A Million Open Doors universe
Brightkinde (terraformed planet) - Walter Jon Wlliams' Aristoi
Brimstone (terraformed moon) - Laura J. Mixon's Burning the Ice
Brinda V – “Shadow play,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 16, Season 2, 2-20-1994
Bringold V – “Up the Long Ladder,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 18, Season 2, 5-22-1989
Brinze - John Brunner's Interstellar Empire**
Brjnn - John Scalzi's The Android's Sheep, brief reference, p. 217
Brolf - Timothy Zahn's Outbound Flight (Star Wars universe)
Brolyo - Jack McDevitt's Polaris
Bronson Alpha (orbiting rogue star Bellus) - When Worlds Collide 1951 film
Bronson Beta (orbiting rogue star Bellus) - When Worlds Collide 1951 film
Brontitall - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Browder IV – “Allegiance,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 18, Season 3, 3-26-1990
Brunnis – Lexx universe
Bryma – “The Maquis, Part II,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 21, Season 2, 5-1-1994
Bucol II – “Animals,” Blake’s 7 Episode D5, 10-26-1981
Buskey - Brian Aldiss's The Dark Light Years, brief reference p. 79
Busted Axel - Keith Laumer's Retief and the Warlords, brief reference p. 179
Butcher Bay - The Chronicle of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay game
Byer's Planet - Robert A. Heinlein's Tunnel in the Sky p. 38
Bynaus – “11001001,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 14, Season 1, 2-1-1988
Byss - Star Wars universe

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Caamas - Star Wars universe
Cabal - Sheri S. Tepper's Shadow's End
Cadomai - Star Wars universe
Caduces (one of two moons of Hermes - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim
Caelum (a.k.a. Throne) - F. Paul Wilson's Enemy of the State
Cal Seti - Star Wars universe
Calafia - David Brin's Startide Rising
Caldik Prime - “The Caretaker, Part 1,” Star Trek: Voyager Episode 1, Season 1, 1-16-1995
Caldonia – “The Price,” Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 8, Season 3, 11-13-1989
Caledonia probable (Celtic Planet)- John Scalzi's The Android's Sheep, brief reference, p. 217
Caliban - Anderson Gentry's The Crider Chronicles
Caliban - Don D'Ammassa's Haven
Caliban - Poul Anderson's Firetime
Caligula - Nancy Kress's Probability Moon
Callinon VII (Gas Giant) - “The Search, Part 1,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 1, Season 3, 9-26-1994
Callnowia - Invader Zim cartoon series
Calondia IV - “Playing God,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 17, Season 2, 2-27-1994
Calufrax - "The Pirate Planet," episodes of Doctor Who
Camazotz - Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time.
Camden - Nancy Kress's Probability Moon, p. 92
Camelot (SF planet) - Don D'Ammassa's Haven, brief reference
Cameo - Elizabeth A. Lynn's A Different Light
Campor III – “Defiant,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode 9, Season 3, 11-21-1994
Camor V - "Bloodlines," Star Trek: The Next Generation
Camus II - "Turnabout Intruder," Star Trek Original Series Episode 79, Season 3, 6-3-1969
Canamar (Prison Planet) “Canamar,” Star Trek: Enterprize Episode 17, Season 2, 2-26-2003
Canis Lunis - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Cannibalon (cannibal planet)- Futurama
Canyon (formerly Warhead) - Larry Niven's The Ringworld Engineers
Cap - Nancy Kress's