Solar System in fiction Solar System in fiction The Solar System and its various bodies (planets, asteroids, moons, etc.) were the earliest objects to be treated as fictional locations in works of science fiction. Among these, imaginary voyages to and explorations of Earth's Moon are found in seventeenth century literature. By the early twentieth century, following the increase in scientific and technological development spurred by the Industrial Revolution, fictional journeys to (or from) the Solar System's other planets had become common in fiction. Early literature regarding the Solar System, following scientific speculations dating back to the 17th century, assumed that every planet hosted its
Aonia Terra Aonia Terra Aonia Terra is a region in the southern hemisphere of the planet Mars. It is named after a classical albedo feature, the "Bay of the Muses" and its name was approved in 1979, by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. It is centered at and covers 3900 km at its broadest extent. It covers latitudes 30 to 81 South and longitudes 60 to 163 W. Aonia Terra is an upland area notable for massive cratering including the large Lowell Crater, parts of the region features small craters, in the plain areas, Thaumasia Fossae