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CELESTIAL BODIES
*Planets and celestial bodies, which can sustain life.
Aldebaran - A forest planet, inhabited by carniverous siren trees and reptilian creatures. [Fantastic Worlds #7]
Algol - An asteroid inhabited by the cave-dwelling Stone-Backs. [Fantastic Worlds #7]
Algol - A forest planet terrorized by Jon Gregg and his robots. Malma is a human resistance leader, with her man, Grata. [Wonder Comics #20]
The Alpha Centauri System - The closest star system to earth, only 4.5 light years away.
*Armun - The central hub-planet of the Alpha Centauri system, inhabited by aggressive beings. [The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick]
*Mayron - One of the giant planets of Alpha Centauri system, inhabited by humanoids with much greater strength than earth men. [Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers: The Strong Man of Mayron]
*New Earth - An Earth-like planet orbiting Alpha Centauri. [Space Adventures #10]
*Tara - A planet in the Alpha Centuri system colonized by humans. The land masses are covered in jungles and are seperated by two great oceans, Alpha and Omega. The seas are blue-gree, with white sandy beeaches. The planet is inhabited by trees hundreds of feet high and up to a thousand feet wide, dinosaurs, reptiles, giant ants and blue caveman. The planet has one natural satellite called Junior which is only 15 miles in diameter. [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: Danger in Deep Space]
*Torino - An extremely hot planet, mostly covered in magma. It has a gaseous sulfur atmosphere. It's inhabitants are bipedal, but have long, continuous tentacles for limbs. They travel across the planet in aircraft. They are hostile and their leader is Klee. [The Planet Man]
Almuric - A planet inhabited by human tribes in fortified towns, ape-like humanoids, winged Yaga demons, and other creatures. There are towns named Khor and Koth and there is a dark citadel called Ugg. [Robert E. Howard]
Amazonia - A planet inhabited by warrior women who hate men. [Planet Comics #21]
Antaclea - A planet with heavy gravity, inhabited by friendly, strong and technologically advanced humanoids. [Popular Comics #46]
Antar (wandering planetoid) - A movable planetoid with a cold, dead surface, which is inhabited by green ant-like humanoids with telepathic powers. They live in huge sub-surface caverns and tunnels, where they have built large and technologically advanced cities. After their sun burned out, they traveled the galaxy looking for a new sun to warm the surface of their planet, so they could rebuild it. They consider themselves generous and freedom loving people, thought they are not above destroying other planets, if their people are threatened. [Superworld Comics #3]
Anthenia - A planet inhabited by humans with an aggressive slave-trading society that models its architecture and clothing on Greco-Roman designs. Citizens wear togas and the military wears Greco-Roman looking armor. [Space Angel: The Gladiators]
Anvhar - A distant planet with harsh winters and plant life that grows quickly and powerfully in the spring. It was settled by fur hunters and researchers. It's society is now based on playing games. [Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison]
Aqua - A water world that is quickly drying up. [Planet Comics #42]
Aquam (water world) - An ocean planet, with one floating city called "Vlanuda," ruled by Queen Hlorte. This planet is where Ranadium Weed (a cure for Plutonian Plague, and the source of a plastic material) is harvested and exported. [Wonder Comics #17]
Ares [Planet Comics #37]
Aryl (mirage world) - A largely unknown planet within the orbit of Mercury, "where no man has ever seen a true image of the landscape because of the stupendous and never-ending mirages." [In the Orbit of Saturn by Roman Frederick Starzl]
Asperus - Home of the "Emerald Men" who are technologically advanced green humanoids with the ability to fly. [Fantastic Comics]
Astra - An earth-like world, with ruins from ancient civilizations, that serves as the home of a Terran colony called "Homeport." The planet is inhabited by friendly aquatic humanoids, "Snake-Devils" with claws and fangs, and "Those Others," an intelligent race which bring with them a death to be feared. It is in a system with three planets. [Andre Norton]
Astrax - A forest world inhabited by giants. Humans planted in the soil turn into trees which produce the prized "vitawood." [Planet Comics #36]
Astron Delta - Planet inhabited by an aggressive, cave dwelling humanoid race. [Killers from Space]
Athena - An earth-like planet four hundred light-years beyond the outermost boundary of the Gern Empire. [Space Prison by Tom Godwin]
Azitroth - A tropical planet covered with heavy gas clouds. Inhabited by primitive ape men who ride Lizard-Lions. Also inhabited by small Zarconian lizards which provide tasty meat. [Planet Comics #25]
Azra - An industrial planet inhabited by the Iron Jaw Men. [Planet Comics #30]
Aztla - A jungle world inhabited by green skinned "dragon raiders" who ride dragons and fire crossbows. [Planet Comics #29]
Baal - A planet inhabited by hostile water dwelling humanoids.
Baldur - A planet colonized by humans. It has snow-capped mountains, and clear, cold lakes, and rocky rivers dashing under great vine-hung trees. [Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper]
Barnil - A planet settled by humans who are technologically advanced. Barnil is in the same system as Holg. [Planet Comics #30]
Beloro - A planet inhabited by invisible avian predators. [Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers: The Phantom Birds of Beloro]
Bifrost - A planet colonized by humans. It always keeps the same face turned to its sun. One side is blazingly hot and the other side is close to absolute zero, with a narrow and barely habitable twilight zone in between. [Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper]
Blyntzyn - A world with no shortage of precious metals, but very little water, sand and wood. Homeworld of small humanoids with advanced technology. [Amazing Adventures #4]
Calistro - A planet colonized by humans. [Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers: The Black Cloud of Calistro]
Calypsus - A world that went to war against Earth. [The Winged Men of Orcon by David R. Sparks]
Cardor - A planetoid settled by humans. [Planet Comics #31]
Cassylia (casino planet) - An earth-like planet colonized by humans. It has casinos and is a popular tourist destination. [Deathworld by Harry Harrison]
The Circe Star System - A system with a yellow sun. [Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton]
*Warlock - An earth-like planet with an amber-tinted sky. It is inhabited by "witches" with gem-like skin who can teleport. It is also inhabited by "wyverns" and sea beasts.
*Witch - The planet closest to the sun, too hot for human settlements.
*Wizard - The third planet from the sun. It is mostly bare rock its water is poisonous.
The Capella Star System - A star system in the Auriga constellation, 42 Million Light Years from Earth.
*Capella - A planet that is inhabited by telepathic humanoids who are peaceful and technologically advanced. [Jubilation, U.S.A. by G. L. Vandenburg]
*New Texas (Capella IV) - An earth-like planet "with a slightly higher mean temperature, a lower mass and lower gravitational field, about one-quarter water and three-quarters land-surface. It is colonized by humans from Texas, after the First Interplanetary War. They wish to remain independant of the "Solar League." They heard giant native cattle with tanks, and supply meat to the galaxy. The assassination of politicians is considered justifiable homicide. New Austin is the planet's capital. [A Planet for Texans by H. Beam Piper]
Carnavornia - A planet inhabited by humans and a jungle filled with carniverous plants. [Planet Comics #28]
Clamer - An earth-like planet in the system closest to Groobe. It is inhabited by peaceful humans, and protected by Arpalones. It is orbited by a moon and was invaded by Ozobes. [The Galaxy Primes by E.E. Smith]
Coar - The fourth planet in its system, it is inhabited by technologically advnced humans, which rules the system to an oppressive degree. Its scientists created hyperdrive systems, and a superweapon which detroyed Sennech. [Tulan by Carroll Mather Capps]
Crimson aka Aladdin's Planet - An earth-like planet about six parsecs stellar north of the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy. It orbits 3 stars, each rising on a different horizon. It is a place where anything you wish for is spontaneously created, and it is where two children were stranded, who shaped the world with their imaginations, creating companions drawn from history and mythology. [A World Called Crimson by Darius John Granger]
Cymradia - A jungle planet with purple skies and heavy mist, inhabited by brain men, their synthopoids and the Arborotes. [Planet Comics #43]
Dara - A planet revolving around a yellow sun, that is rich in heavy metals. It was colonized by humans and had a booming commerce, trading iridium, uranium, tungsten and gold, but was quarantined from all other planets after its people were infected by the Blue Plague. [Pariah Planet by Murray Leinster]
Darth - An earth-like planet colonized by humans, but sparsely populated. Its villages are small and there is no industry. There is a building on it that is half a mile tall. [Pirates of Ersatz by Murray Leinster]
Diablo - A hot jungle planet inhabited by dragons. [Planet Comics #29]
Diana - A planet inhabited by humans and ruled by a monarchy. There does not appear to be any men on this world, and it is highly agressive toward neighboring planets. At least one of its rulers had ambitions of ruling the galaxy. [Flash Gordon: The Lure of Light]
Dox - Homeworld of an advanced humanoid race. Shares an orbit around the star Algol with its sister planet Zod, about 93 light years from Earth. [Space Adventures #4]
Droga - A planet who's inhabitants were so dangerous that the planet was bombed by a coalition of planets with a blast that knocked the planet off its regular orbit and caused it to experience an ice age. Many centuries later, as the ice receeded, the inhabitants returned to the surface. [Planet Comics #25]
Ebon - A planet inhabited by humans hostile toward Earth. [Flash Gordon: The Planet of Death]
Ecaep - A rocky planet inhabited by short, round, peaceful cave-dwelling humanoids who have observed earth's violent history and have a great fear of earth's inhabitants. [Mystery Men Comics #9]
Epsilon Eridani System - A star system 10.5 light years from Earth. [Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison]
*Dis (desert world) - The third planet of the system. It is very hot and very dry. The planet is nothing but scorched rock and burning sand. Most of the water is underground and normally inaccessible. The surface water is all in the form of briny, chemically saturated swamps--undrinkable without extensive processing. The seven million inhabitants are equally inhospitable, with deep distrust of offworlders. The inhabitants have created WMD cobalt bombs, and use them to threaten Nyjord.
*Nyjord (paradise world) - The fourth planet of the system, it is a lush paradise. It's human inhabitants are far more interested in philosophy than building machines, because life there is so easy.
Erb - A planet inhabited by humans with telepathy. Memphir, the great "Empire of Empries" was destroyed by the barbarian hordes of Klem. The people of the great city of Memphir worship Asti. [The Gifts of Asti by Andre Alice Norton]
Erxo - A rocky planet inhabited by blobish creatures. [Planet Comics #25]
Exerdu - A planetoid settled by humans. [Planet Comics #27]
Falne - An earth-like planet inhabited by peaceful humans who do not wear clothing. [The Galaxy Primes by E.E. Smith]
Fenachrone - Home of a highly advanced and aggressive semi-humanoid race, with devastating weapons technology, faster than light battleships, Zone of Force technology and extremely accurate charts of the galaxy. They plan to rule the "Cosmic All," starting with the Milky Way Galaxy and plan to erradicate any race that might stand in their way. The Fenachrone live for more than 100 years, and they have telepathic and hypnotic abilities. Their planet seems to have heavier than earth gravity but a hospitable atmosphere. [Skylark Three by Edward Elmer Smith]
Freya - A planet colonized by humans, where the women are especially beautiful. [Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper]
The Gartner Trisystem - A number of systems with planets and moons colonized by humans. Most are uninhabitable without pressure domes, but are rich in minerals and are heavily mined. The planets include: Britomart, Calidore, Jurgen, Koshchei, Panurge and the moons of Pantagruel. [Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper]
Gemini - A desolate planet on the far side of the Galaxy. It hosts a maximum security prison, where prisoners are held in cells. The atmosphere is not breathable without oxygen purifiers. [Flash Gordon: The Breath of Death]
Gordian Belt - An asteroid belt notorious for space pirate activity. [Planet Comics #31]
Gormona - A planet who's inhabitants are tyrannical and hostile to earth. [Planet Comics #10]
The Green System - A star system with multiple green stars and numerous planets, largely inhabited by green-skinned humanoids. [Skylark Three by Edward Elmer Smith]
*Dasor (water world) - A large ocean world in the Green System. It has a few small islands in its copper-sulfate rich oceans, and each is covered with solar panels and other power generators. It has a rotation of 50 hours and gravity equivalent to .95 of earth's gravity. The planet is inhabited by highly intelligent amphibious green humanoids who are considerably taller and heavier than an average human. They have short arms and webbed feet, with no body hair, somewhat resembling porposies. They get around in speedboats, submarines and waterslide tubes, but their civilization lacks power resources. Their surface cities are named First City through Sixth City.
*Norlamin - The sixth planet of the Green System inhabited by an advanced race of pacifists. They are tall and well proportioned green humanoids, with especially large heads to accomodate their large brains. They have great wisdom and comprehension of cosmic phenomena. Their race is much older than the human race.
*Osnome - A hot, lush world in the Green System with a peculiar light spectrum. Trees, grasses, minerals and even water appears to resemble every color of the rainbow, as well as colors unknown to earth. The planet is rich in copper and Arenak, a transparent metal 500 times as strong as steel. The world is inhabited by only two civilized nations of humanoids (who are pale green with glossy black hair), each occupying one of the two major continents. One nation is the Kondalians, a warrior race with a code of honor. Their capital city is Kondalek. They have been fighting a war of utter extermination for over 10,000 karkamo (6000 earth years) with the nation of Mardonale, which is on the other side of a sea infused with a copper sulfate solution. The Mardonale are advanced in electrical engineering, but have little understanding of chemistry. They have planes, helicopters and machine guns, but also use swords. They are extremely aggressive and keep slaves.
*Urvania - The third planet of the Green system. It is inhabited by a militant race of conquerors ruled by an Emperor and his Overlord. They are an older race and more scientifically advanced than the Osnomians who they wished to conquer. They have copper-sulfate oceans, like the other worlds of the system.
Groobe - An earth-like planet once inhabited by humans, until they were nearly all killed off by Ozobes. It is now a quite and desolate wasteland. [The Galaxy Primes by E.E. Smith]
Groth - A forest planet settled by humans, in the same system as Nexor. [Planet Comics #33]
Guar - A planetoid inhabited by war-like humans. [Planet Comics #27]
Hecate (wandering planetoid) - A movable planet cloaked in darkness whose core is channeled into giant rocket funnels that propel the planet, which is inhabited by humanoids with advanced technology.
Hirlaj - Planet with a thin atmosphere, inhabited by the last two dozen members of a race of large, slow-moving creatures with telepathic abilities. These creatures had long ago abolished war on their planet. They worship Kor, a concept in which God and knowledge/science are indistinguishable. [Warlord of Kor by Terry Carr]
Hodell - An earth-like planet inhabited by peaceful humans, and protected by Arpalones. The inhabitants are low level telepaths. Their civilization is similar to 20th United States civilization, with elected officials, cars and a monetary system based on precious metals (1 unit of platinum = 7.346 units of gold, 1 unit of gold = 11 units of silver, 1 unit of silver = 4 units of copper). The planet is also inhabited by hordes of vicious native flying creatures, including the sencors, fumapties and lemarts. [The Galaxy Primes by E.E. Smith]
Holg - A planet settled by humans who are technologically advanced. Holg is in the same system as Barnil. [Planet Comics #30]
Hurrah - A planet inhabited by green skinned humanoids. [Green Boy From Hurrah in The Atlanta Constitution]
Imago - An orbitless planet inhabited by shapeshifters.
Indigo - A planet inhabited by blue skinned people, on which everything is a shade of blue. The water will dye anything blue. [Planet Comics #21]
Inra (extreme planet) - A minor planetoid with a sea that covers nine tenths of the surface. The land is covered by a steaming hot and stinking jungle (even at the poles). Rain here comes in drops the size of a fist and is accompanied by thunder. A rare orchid growns here, as well as 400 foot trees with thorny roots and rough bark, rubbery "snake trees," trees with fine blood sucking fillaments, palms, ferns, vines and weeds. There are a number of animal eating plants, and almost all of the vegetation can directly absorb organic matter. The most intelligent inhabitants resemble muskrats (only uglier), and live in underground dens. The planetoid is also inhabited by a number of deadly creatures, including a poisonous fast moving black-green mold, six-legged water dogs (which are canabalisitic), web serpents (similar to a giant centipede which leaps into the air and glides on webs), small reptiles with posionous feet and regenerative powers, parasites, the Carniovra (a rock-like creature with a yellow fanged mouth 7 feet wide and powerful dull-brown tentacles), and the Ul-lul (a giant, intelligent amorphous amoeba). Unpleasant, but less dangerous inhabitants include water-spiders, swamp flies, and azornaks (large blubbery herbavores resembling a brontosaurus). The Mountains of Perdition are cool and more sparsely inhabited by native life (the main inhabitatns being agressive birds, and a brown lichen that secretes juices). On top of the mountains are the ruins of observatories, made up of pipes, and these are inhabited by telepathic blue-green cyst like creatures. [Planet of Dread by R.F. Starzl]
Jinx - A planet inhabited by four eyed creatures who live in small villages. [Planet Comics #21]
Jurasia (extreme planet) - A planet with at least one fortified city inhabited by intelligent humanoids. The planet is otherwise overrun by large dinosaur type creatures. [Wonder Comics #17]
Karin (evil planet) - One of the "Black Planets of the Universe" is ruled by a dictatorship that considers weakness and sympathy to be crimes punishable by death. Murder, assault, theft and most other evils are considered perfectly legal. The capital city is in ruins and the last honest people on the planet are trying to flee. The rulers of the planet wish to spread their doctrine throughout the galaxy and they have built a machine that enhances a person's agression and inhibits their moral center for a matter of weeks. [Flash Gordon: Akim the Terrible]
Khatka (safari planet) - A planet similar to Africa in climate and geography. It was colonized by refugees from Africa after the Second Atomic War. The inhabitants are governed by an oligarchy, with allegiance to the "Five Famalies." The planet has become a destination spot for big game hunters. The citizens practice magic and have a strong preference for dark skin. People with light skin are subject to prejudice. Poachers are subject to a harsh penalty. [Voodoo Planet by Andrew North]
Klaxon - An asteroid covered with an exotic jungle. [Space Adventures #11]
Kor - A planet inhabited by the quartz men. [Planet Comics #44]
Kraneus - A small barren planetoid with no atmosphere, rich in Plutonium. It has a small pirate fueling station on it, but it gives off extremely dangerous levels of radiation. [Flash Gordon: The Claim Jumpers]
Krim (financial planet) - A planet colonized by humans, which boasts bustling financial activity. It has traffic jams, slums, tall new buildings and gracious public buildings. It is in the Nurmi Cluster, 5-7 days journey from the planet Walden. [Pirates of Ersatz by Murray Leinster]
Kygpton - A very old and dying planet 4 billion miles in diameter, in a galaxy so far away that its light does not reach earth at all. It contain the rare element Sthalreh, and is inhabited by giant living metal creatures. [Raiders of the Universes by Donald Wandrei]
Lizoria - An earth-like planet. The human inhabitants are tall and thin, shave all the hair on their bodies and wear little clothing, though it is ornate. [The Galaxy Primes by E.E. Smith]
Lorelana - A planet with large cities, inhabited by deadly siren creatures who can disguise themselves as humans. [Wonder Comics #18]
Lyra - A forbidden planet with rich uranium deposits. Its humanoid inhabitant are ruled by a monarchy and they have a quasi-Elizabethan culture. [Captain Video: The Swordsmen of Lyra]
Magnamata Galaxy - A galaxy of dead worlds, sometimes used for experimentation. The barren planets Bacchus, Isis, Mithra and Osiris were destroyed here. [Flash Gordon]
Mannin - A planetoid.
Manza - A remote planet once inhabited by the Icarians, until it was conquered by the invisible creature known as "Manza" who is now the planet's only inhabitant. [Space Patrol: 4.29 The Invisible Tyrant]
Margonia - An earth-like planet inhabited by peaceful humans, and protected by Arpalones. It orbits Beta Centauri Five. It has tremendous oceans and six great continents in addition to polar ice-caps. [The Galaxy Primes by E.E. Smith]
--Nargoda - The biggest continent and nation on Margonia. Margon is the name of the capital city, with Margon Base on the nearby coast. The inhabitants are building a starship.
Martoon - A planet inhabited by the plasmoids. [Planet Comics #43]
Maxim - A planet inhabited by agressive humanoids with cloaking technology. [Space Patrol: 2 The Phantom Fleet]
Metispherous - A planet largely covered by oceans. Intilligent humanoids live beneathe these seas in the Marine City. [Captain Video: The Space Hawk]
Micralia - A world roughly half a meter in diameter inhabited by humanoids the size of bacteria. [Planet Comics #38]
Mimir - A planet "swarming with a race of semi-intelligent quasi-rodents, murderous, treacherous, utterly vicious." [Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper]
Minos - A planet inhabited by hostile green creatures with tentacle-like arms. [Amazing Adventures #3]
Mylos - A barren planetoid with no atmosphere, rich in Argonon. There is a small mining facilitiy on it. [Flash Gordon: The Claim Jumpers]
Nevia (water world) - A huge planet, almost entirely covered by water. It is the only planet in its system, orbiting a hot blue sun. The skies are usually clear during the day with torrential downpoors at night. It is inhabited by a number of intelligent water-breating and amphibious races, which frequently war with each other. The planet has very little iron, and the substance is considered a comodity more precious than gold. The dominant species of the planet has developed ships capable of faster than light travel and have set off in search of iron. This sepecies has built cities that breach the surface of the planet's waters. TOne city is described as, "a city whose buildings were flat-topped, hexagonal towers, exactly alike in size, shape, color, and material. These buildings were arranged as the cells of a honeycomb would be if each cell were separated from its neighbors by a relatively narrow channel of water, and all were built of the same white metal. Many bridges and more tubes extended through the air from building to building, and the watery "streets" teemed with swimmers, with surface craft, and with submarines." [Triplanetary by E.E. Smith]
New Terra - Planet colonized by humans. [Greylorn by John Keith Laumer]
Nexor - A forest planet settled by humans, in the same system as Groth. [Planet Comics #33]
Nidhog - A planet which is "cold and foggy, its equatorial zone a gloomy marsh and the rest of the planet locked in eternal ice." [Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper]
Noom - A planet colonized by humans that has a military dictatorship in the year 3000. Officers ride genetically engineered unicorns. [Sure Fire Comics #3]
Nux - A small, rocky planetoid with a breathable atmosphere.[Space Adventures]
Odin - A planet colonized by humans that became the capital of the First Galactic Empire. It has wide grasslands and evergreen forests of pines. It has two moons: Hugin and Munin. It has a spaceport called The City of Asgard. [H. Beam Piper]
Oma - Planet inhabited by "globe men." [Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers: The Globe Men of Oma]
Orca [Captain Video: The Plunder of Orca]
Orcon (extreme planet) - A small planet with hot, moist atmosphere, in a distant galaxy on the far end of the universe from our own. It has warm bubbling chemical seas, an eratic, snake-like orbit and an irregular rotation so that days may be hours long or months long. It is inhabited by bird-men, who possess advanced technology. [The Winged Men of Orcon by David R. Sparks]
Orede - An earth-like planet half way between Weald and Dara, rich in heavy metals and home to a small mining colony from Weald. It also has a massive population of wild cattle. There is only one other planet orbiting its star. [Pariah Planet by Murray Leinster]
Orion - A dangerous jungle world where prisoners are forced to work. Inhabited by centaurs, Kangarans and poisonous lizards. [Planet Comics #35]
Pax - A peaceful planet. [Planet Comics #28]
Petreac - A planet inhabited by humans, and controlled by the Potentate and the frivolous Nenni caste. It has casinos and high society, but it is not considered particularly advanced or enlightened. It has waged many petty wars with its neighbor, Rotune. [Gambler's World by John Keith Laumer]
Pharaoh - A planet on which a beautiful flowers with deadly vines, a voracious appetite and amazing regenerative properties is dominant over all other forms of life. [Space Adventures #8]
Pharisees - An asteroid with a breathable atmosphere and tropical jungles. It is inhabited by the cute but deadly little "winkies" and the fierce looking "piranosaurs" who keep their population in check. [Space Adventures #8]
Planet H - A water world. [Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers: The Plan of Planet H]
Poictesme - An earth-like planet colonized by humans around 2550. It is a Member Republic in the Terran Federation. It was primarily an agricultural planet, but was used as an advance base for the Third Fleet-Army Force during the System States War. A great deal of military hardware was simply left on the planet making it "The Junkyard Planet." Among other things, a powerful tactical computer named Merlin is rumored to have been left on the planet. It is about two months distant from the planet Odin. [Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper]
--Calder Range - A jagged granite mountain range between near Litchfield.
--Gordon Valley - Below the Calder Range.
--Litchfield - A small town in the Big Bend, two hours from Storisende. It has an airport, distilleries and a mall.
--Storisende - A major metropolis and space port.
Ponthis System - A system with sixteen equal-sized planets, each with a single satellite. They are inhabited by crude vegetation, including the blue hensorr trees, but not currently inhabited by animal life. In order the planets are: Coulora, Jama, Tenethon, Mokrell, R-9, Stragella, R-12 and R-14. [The Long Voyage]
*Nizar - The largest planet in the system. It has heavy top soil, weeds that seem to sing in the wind, and is inhabited by lizard-birds. There are ruins of a large temple with triangular doors and architecture.
Procyon IV - A hot, desolate planet in a distant region of space. Water is scarce, and the inhabitants destroyed their once great civilization with nuclear war. It is about 11.4 lightyears from Earth. [Space Patrol: 5.7 The Wild Men Of Procyon]
Pyrrus (extreme planet) - One of the harshest of all the colonized planets. Its gravity is nearly twice that of earth and it has an axial tilt of 42 degrees, resulting in some of the most extreme weather of any colonized planet. The climate varries from arctic to tropical in a single day. It has two moons, Samas and Bessos which create giant thrity meter tides in the ocean. The planet has unceasing volcanic activity. It is rich in heavy metals. A self sustained mining colony has been established on the planet, but the average life expectancy of the inhabitants is 16 years. The native life forms are described as: "armor-plated, poisonous, claw-tipped and fanged-mouthed. That describes everything that walks, flaps or just sits and grows." Even the plants have teeth. [Deathworld by Harry Harrison]
Raau - A jungle planet inhabited by humanoids who live in huts and worhip the god Urr. [Planet Comics #31]
Ragnarok (extreme planet) - An unforbidding planet with 1.5 times earth's gravity, inhabited by fierce beasts such as the prowlers (the dominant species), the unicorns and the swamp crawlers. [Space Prison by Tom Godwin]
Roald - A planet that orbits the star Wolf 359, with 2.7 times the gravity of earth. It was terra-formed and colonized by humans (its natural atmosphere is low on oxygen). The first colony became Roald City. [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: The Space Pioneers]
Rotune - A planet with a developing civilization. It's people are considered backward and beligenerant. It has waged many petty wars with its neighbor, Petreac. [Gambler's World by John Keith Laumer]
Sargol - A planet about a quarter of the galaxy away from Earth, that exports exotic scented products, and the unique Koros stones. [Plague Ship by Andre Norton]
Sennech - An icy planet, inhabited by human colonists from Coar. It has towns, cities (including Capitol City), blue artifical lakes, and forests of hardy conifers from Teyr. It is the fifth planet in the system and dominated by the rule of Coar. It was largely destroyed by a superweapon, when it rose in revolt against Coar. [Tulan by Carroll Mather Capps]
Sirius Star System - The second closest star system to earth, only 8.6 light years away.
*Iosia - A planet inhabited by Sirian settlers, but laregely ruled by the Terran Empire. [Robert William Cole]
*Jarga - A planet orbiting the star Sirius, inhabited by primitive Wojos. It was colonized by humans. [Space Adventures]
*Kairet - A planet orbiting the star Sirius which has a vast empire in 2236. [Robert William Cole]
*Margino - An earth-like planet orbiting the star Sirius which is roughly the size of Jupiter. It is subject to massive volcanic erruptions which can swallow an entire city in lava. It is inhabitted by black giant humanoids who ride six legged horses, the Graymum who are blue skinned humanoids who perform human sacrafices. There are also giant riding birds and humanoid inhabitants who wear blue robes and have interstellar air ships. [Two Boys' Trip to an Unknown Planet by Francis Worcester Doughty]
*Palos - The major planet of the Sirian system. Tamarizia is the largest kingdom, where the human-like people worship the god Zitu. They are opposed by the Zollarians. [John Ulrich Giesy]
*Sirius IV - The first planet colonized by humans outside the Solar System. [Space Patrol: 2 Three Exiles]
The Space Lorelei - An asteroid, about a half mile in diameter, with a female face carved onto its surface. Inside are stasis pods filled with beautiful women and giant spiders which guard them. [Fantastic Worlds #6]
The Sword Worlds - Planets colonized by 10,000 human refuges from Abigor, a planet on the loosing side of The System States War. It is far beyond the boundaries of the Terran Federation, leaving them largely isolated. The population grew to three and a half billion, organized in a feudal system of kingdoms, duchies, and other small states, ruled by frequently-warring noblemen. [Space Viking by H. Beam Piper]
*Amaterasu - A technologically advanced world. It has sizable deposits of gadolinium, but no plutonium. It enters into a partnership with Beowulf.
*Beowulf - A technologically advanced world, lacking only interstellar space flight. It has deposits of plutonium, but no gadolinium, an essential element for hyperdrive engines.
*Curtana - The planet on which the city Windsor is located. It is 2000 hours from the nearest planet of the Terran Federation.
*Dagon - A planet used as a base by space vikings.
*Durendal - Controlled by a royal house in which the princes are at war with each other.
*Flamberge
*Excalibur - The first of the "Sword Worlds" colonized by human refugees from Abigor.
*Gram - Colonized from Haulteclere.
*Haulteclere - Colonized from Joyeuse.
*Hoth - A planet used as a base by space vikings.
*Jagannath
*Joyeuse - Colonized from Excalibur.
*Khepera - A planet with low defenses and not much to take.
*Marduk - A civilized world ruled by a royal family.
*Morglay - had been involved in dynastic wars.
*Nergal - A planet inhabited by brown skinned people. It is used as a base by space vikings.
*Tanith - A primitive planet.
*Tizona - A planet inhabited by "girrafe-birds."
*Xipototec
*Xochitl - A planet used as a base by space vikings.
Synthios - A planet inhabited by humans and ruled by a monarchy. It specialized in the manufacture and sale of android workers, but around 2860, the king shut down production, believing that the androids were a threat to humanity. He ordered the androids to be sealed in vaults. The power source for the android command center, located beneathe a mountain, was shut down, and its location kept a secret. [Flash Gordon: The Return of the Androids]
Tarset - A rugged planet that supported an ancient civilization, but is now mostly dead. There are massive subterranean catacombs with stone walls, pillars and the dried remains of dead vines. Deep in the catacombs is the cursed tomb of Belphegor, guarded by its hideous one-eyed idol. In addition to the idol's deadly eye beam, the tomb includes trap doors and moving walls. [Flash Gordon: The Planet of Death]
Telemos - A planet inhabited by humanoids with a peaceful and technologically advanced society. They have never had a war. [Space Action #1]
Teyr - A forest planet, mostly wild, inhabited by the Aum. It has a few human colonies from Coar and Sennech. It is the third planet in the system. [Tulan by Carroll Mather Capps]
*Luhin - The Moon of Teyr. It is colonized.
Thaker - An earth-like planet inhabited by peaceful humans. The are building a starship. [The Galaxy Primes by E.E. Smith]
Theta Gisol System - A star system with a gas giant calimed by the Plumie race and a planet with an oxygen atmosphere, claimed by humans. [The Aliens by Murray Leinster]
Theta N-1 - A small planetoid that is nearly lifeless except for a small jungle oasis, which is inhabited by snakes, rodents, spiders, alligators, primates, lions and other wild cats. [Flash Gordon: The Forbidden Experiment]
Thetis - An earth-like planet. [Pirates of Ersatz by Murray Leinster]
Thor - A planet of conquerors. [Planet Comics #32]
Tralee (political planet) - A human planet where political treaties are signed. [Pariah Planet by Murray Leinster]
Torion - A planet inhabited by agressive humanoids with a paralyzing hypnotic power. [Captain Video: The Power of Leonis]
Tormance - A planet orbiting the double stars Branchspell and Alppain, which we believe to be "Arcturus." It is about 36.7 lightyears from earth. Humans can not survive in this planet's atmosphere without genetic modification. [A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay]
Vada - A planet inhabited by technologically advanced humanoids in some distant part of the universe. It was destroyed by a rogue star, but it's people escaped in a disc shaped flying city. The inhabitants are about 4 feet tall, with leathery faces, and completely bald. [The Flying City by H. Thompson Rich]
Valsuvia - A planet inhabited by blue skinned humanoids and black gorilloids. The humanoids have transparent metal, ride giant birds and whistle instead of laughing. [Off the Earth by John Q. Mawhinney]
Vanam - A civilized planet ruled by the Nazim. [Planet Comics #25]
Varz - A planetoid settled by humans. [Planet Comics #32]
Viro - A planet inhabited by a war-like race, which was destroyed in an experiment by the Viran general Kalthaer. [National Comics #1]
Vita - The homeworld of a race of humanoid slavers. [Planet Comics #32]
Volcus - A blazing planet, still in it's formative stage, with only one settlement where humans are turned into automaton soldiers. [Planet Comics #1]
Volta - A planet inhabited by a war-like race that conquered much of the galaxy in the 33rd century. It is protected by a force field, and has a large capital palace made of steel. [Planet Comics #22]
Vulca - An asteroid in deep space where humans have set up labratory stations. It has a breathable atmosphere, exotic plant life and a mountain made of crystal called "Diamond Mountain." There are no ships on it capable of reaching another inhabited body. [Space Adventures #8]
Vuur - A jungle planet with a thick, cloudy atmosphere, inhabited by armadilloids and dragons. It is considered extremely dangerous. There are no humans except for the workers at a "hydrocean" facility which is terraforming the planet. [Planet Comics #27]
Walden (wealthy planet) - An earth-like planet colonized by humans. The inhabitants are very prosperous and judgemental and do not believe in charity. "Outside the capital city its spaceport received shipments of luxuries and raw materials from halfway across the galaxy. Its landing grid reared skyward and tapped the planet's ionosphere for power with which to hoist ships to clear space and pluck down others from emptiness. There was commerce and manufacture and wealth and culture, and Walden modestly admitted that its standard of living was the highest in the Nurmi Cluster. Its citizens had no reason to worry about anything but a supply of tranquilizers to enable them to stand the boredom of their lives." [Pirates of Ersatz by Murray Leinster]
Wandl (wandering planetoid) - A small planetoid (about 432 miles in diameter) that can be moved by its inhabitants, who are small creatures with large brains and telepathic powers. They serve as a conquering force for a more powerful planet in their own system. [Raymond King Cummings]
Weald - A planet colonized by humans with an irrational hatred of the "blueskins" on the nearby planet Dara. [Pariah Planet by Murray Leinster]
Xandru - A planet settled by humans, who are all killed by gas around 2700. [Planet Comics #30]
Xarto - A nightmarish jungle planet inhabited by man-eating plants. [Space Adventures #11]
Xaxta - A desert planet settled by humans. The wealthiest humans in the galaxy live in Lekkon Land and great treasures are guarded by warriors in the Valley of Tombs, where the rich are buried with their possessions. [Planet Comics #30]
Xecho (water world) - A hot, steam covered ocean world with only a few small islands. It is in the same system as Khatka. [Voodoo Planet by Andrew North]
Xer - Humans who live on this planet for more than six months become dependant on its atmosphere and can never leave. [Planet Comics #34]
Xeron - A prison planet. [Planet Comics #33]
Xerxes - A planet ruled by androids. [Space Adventures #10]
Xerxes - A planet ruled by a monarchy. [Flash Gordon: The Frightened King]
Xlarbti (wandering planet) - A huge artificial world, which is composed entirely of Sthalreh, built by the inhabitants of Kygpton. It has propulsion systems that accelerate it many times the speed of light. It has a smooth black surface. [Raiders of the Universes by Donald Wandrei]
Xollar - A planet in the Andromeda galaxy, a million light years from earth. The inhabitants are highly intelligent creatures with short black torsos and long, black, snake-like tentacles. They are ruled by The Council of Three who oversee an empire. The planet is near interdimensional portals that make it a nexus to at least seven worlds. Like its neighboring planets, it has an atmosphere of purple mist, that would be immediately fatal to humans. [Zehru of Xollar by Hal K. Wells]
Yill - An earth-like planet near the Sirenian System. It has a blue sun. It is inhabited by tall gray skinned humanoids with short necks. [The Yillian Way by John Keith Laumer]
z'Srauff Star Cluster - A cluster of systems near New Texas, about 42 lightyears from Earth. It is inhabited by the dog-like humanoids known as the z'Srauff. [A Planet for Texans by H. Beam Piper]
Zan (pirate planet) - A planet that hosts a very poor human colony, mostly farmers. There is little entertainment. It is home to pirates and criminals, but because of the reputation of the planet, the inhabitants try to act extra innocent. [Pirates of Ersatz by Murray Leinster]
Zev - A planetoid settled by humans and ruled by a royal family. The people are heavily and unfairly taxed. [Planet Comics #22]
Zod - Homeworld of the Zodian Devils. Shares an orbit around the star Algol with its sister planet Dox, about 93 light years from Earth. [Space Adventures #4]
Zog - A forest planet inhabited by humanoids. [Planet Comics #20]
Zutarn - An earth-like planet inhabited by greenish "imps" who live in cities with spiraling architecture. [Fantastic Comics #20]
Zylmarx - A planet inhabited by hostile humanoids. [Boy Comics #89]
The Solar System
*Alkar - The legendary black planet lying beyond the orbit of Neptune. [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: The Mystery of Alkar]
*Barsoom - An alternate version of Mars, inhabited by a number of competing humanoid races, who are at war with each other. [Edgar Rice Burroughs]
-Aanthor - A city of ancient ruins in the south of Barsoom, inhabited by the Dusar.
-Bantoom - A hidden valley and dwelling place of the Kaldanes and their Rykors.
-Gathol - A prominent city-state inhabited by Red Martians.
-Hastor - City-state inhabited by Red Martians.
-Helium - A prominent city-state inhabited by Red Martians, the historic enemy of Zodanga.
-Kaol - City-state inhabited by Red Martians.
-Korus - A lost sea in the Valley Dor, near the South Pole.
-Lothar -
-Manator - An isolated city-state inhabited by Red Martians. It is a technologically backward Red Martian civilization, which has no firearms or fliers, survives by raiding caravans and prevents anyone from leaving their society. They have two distinctive traditions, firstly a habit of displaying the dead, covered in ornaments, and secondly playing a live version of the Martian chess, Jetan. In Manator, captives are forced to a fight to the death in the arena, in a modified version of Jetan, a popular Barsoomian board game resembling Chess; the living version uses people as the game pieces on a life-sized board, with each taking of a piece being a duel to the death.
-Omean - An underground sea below the lost sea of Korus and the Valley Dor, all located near the South Pole.
-Ptarth - City-state inhabited by Red Martians.
-River Iss - Inhabited by Plant Men, runs through Valley Dor.
-Valley Dor - A vealley near the south pole of Barsoon, which no one ever escapes from. Condisered the Barsoomian afterlife.
-Zodanga - A prominent city-state inhabited by Red Martians, the historic enemy of Helium.
*Clavo - Planet with an eccentric orbit that passes through our solar system. [Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers: The Monkey That Couldn't Stop Growing]
*Devil's Asteroid - An asteroid roughly 19 miles in diameter, between Mars and Jupiter. It has artificial gravity generators in the center, approximating earth's gravity. It is covered with lush jungles, and an earth-like atmosphere. It serves as an island of exile for criminals of Earth convicted by the Martian government. The exiles live in grass huts, and the newest member is always the leader of the group, as the men are slowly devolving into beasts on the planet. [The Devil's Asteroid by Manly Wade Wellman]
*Doba - An asteroid with an artificial atmosphere. [Space Adventures #4]
*Epsilon XXX - A planetoid with an atmosphere between Earth and Mars. [Flash Gordon: The Race Against Time]
*Gallia - A cold, but inhabitable comet that is 2300km in diameter. [Jules Verne]
*Gamma-3 - An asteroid on which a recreational space station has been built as a rest stop. [Space Adventures #1]
*Gudrun - A planet who's viking-like inhabitants were once at war with Pluto. [Planet Comics #27]
*Higgins Planetoid - A planetoid in our solar system, where the Carnacans left a weapon powerful enough to destroy the galaxy. [Space Patrol: 1.32 The Dangerous Discovery]
*Kano - A planet inhabited by technologically advanced humanoids. It is 23 billion miles from Earth. [Space Adventures #16]
*Marduk, The Jinx Planet - A hollow volcanic planet, surrounded by thick clouds at the outer edge of our system. It's surface is icy, and it is rich in iron ore. It is ruled by Karmud, and he uses a metal globe in the center of the planet to draw in passing ships and make their passangers into slaves for his mines. [Space Adventures #3]
*Minerva - Alternative name for earth. In the 26th Century, its capital is "New Minerva." [Space Adventures #1]
*Morehouse V - A newly colonized planetoid. It is on a trajectory to pass so closely to the sun that no one on the planetoid will survive. [Space Patrol: 2 Explosion on Morehouse V]
*Olympus - A massive planet on the edge of our solar system. It has a mean distance of 11,400,799,642 miles from the Sun (about 4 times the distance of Pluto), and orbits the Sun in 1311 years, 294 days, 12 hours, 43 minutes, and 9 seconds. [In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne]
*Paira - A watery planet that maintains the exact same orbit as earth, which is always on the far side of the sun. [Warning From Space]
*Pax - An asteroid colonized by humans fleeing a nuclear war on earth. They built a large city on the asteroid, intended to be a peaceful utopian society. [Fantastic Worlds #5]
*Phaëton - The planet that once existed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, until it was destroyed and became an asteroid belt. [speculation]
*Planeria Rex - A "new world" in our system, which serves as the capital for the League of Planets. It is surrounded by asteroids. [The Planet Man]
*Planetoid 91 - A planetoid traveling in a strange elliptical orbit on the edge of our solar system. The planetoid has industrial complexes that are operated entirely under water. [Space Patrol: 2 Underwater Treachery]
*Planet X - A planet estimated to be five-thousand times the size of Earth. It is shrouded in swirling mists and covered by a dense, impenetrable jungle. It is inhabited by dinosaurs, cave-men, giant metal-eating worms, ice demons, and man-eating wolf plants. In the Valley of Illusion, nothing is what it seems to be. There are valuable mineral ores in its great caverns. [Space Patrol: 3 The Mystery of Planet X]
*Sirion - A planet on the rim of our system colonized by humans. [Space Action #1]
*Tellus - Alternative name for earth, mainly used by EE Smith.
*Terra - Alternative name for earth. In the Space Patrol series, Terra was an artificial planet, with the intergalactic government convening in Terra City. [Space Patrol]
*Vulcan - A volcanic planet, inhabited by the "fire men" (creatures made of fire). The planet was discovered in 1990 and it is 23 million miles from the sun (inside the orbit of Mercury). [Amazing Adventures #2]
-Vulcan's Workshop - The most feared prison in the solar system, where Martians send the worst offenders. [Vulcan's Workshop by Harl Vincent]
*Yuggoth (planet of powerful beings) - May either be a version of Pluto or a mysterious tenth planet on the edge of our solar system. Described by Lovecraft as, "a strange dark orb at the very rim of our solar system... There are mighty cities on Yuggoth—great tiers of terraced towers built of black stone... The sun shines there no brighter than a star, but the beings need no light. They have other subtler senses, and put no windows in their great houses and temples... The black rivers of pitch that flow under those mysterious cyclopean bridges—things built by some elder race extinct and forgotten before the beings came to Yuggoth from the ultimate voids—ought to be enough to make any man a Dante or Poe if he can keep sane long enough to tell what he has seen..."
*Z-40 - An asteroid in the "Red Belt" of our solar system, about 20 miles in diameter with an oxygen atmosphere, lush tropial vegetation, large radium deposits, and a 6 hour rotation cycle. It has a 300 acre lake. It is also inhabited by a huge noctural three armed creature with silicon dioxide armor plating. [The Planetoid of Peril by Paul Ernst]
Low-Science Planetary Specualtion
Moon (Luna): Usually depicted as barren, but sometimes depicted as haveing a breathable atmosphere. It is said to be made of cheese. It is inhabited by Selenites, low-tech insectoids who live underground. [The First Men in the Moon by HG Wells]
-Luna City - A spaceport and great metropolis built by earth colonists on Mare Imbrium, the largest plain on Luna visible from earth. The intersection of Luna Drive and Moonset Land is in the heart of the city. [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
Mars: Usually depicted as a desert-like planet with criss-crossing water canals. Usually inhabited by a war-like race or formerly inhabited by a mysterious race who built the canals on the planet and then disappeared. [Across the Zodiac, Journey to Mars the Wonderful World, Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation]
-Assorian Ruins - Former temples of an ancient Martian race. [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
-Canali - The capital city of Mars. [Space Patrol: 1.18 Mysterious Mission to Canali]
-Caskia - A state north of Paleveria which has a more co-operative and egalitarian social and economic order. Its people cultivate intellectual, artistic, and spiritual qualities. [Unveiling a Parallel by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones & Ella Merchant]
--Lunismar - The capital city.
-The Desert of Candor - A desert of orange sand, northwest of the Tithonius Lacus Lowland. [Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay]
--Canfell Hydroponic Farm - Consists of four white stone buildings in the middle of the Desert of Candor. It was used for human experimentation.
--Ophir - A human colony built beneath a shining dome, south of the farm. It has a police force.
-Edom - A human colony built beneath a dome in the Aeria Desert, east of Mars City, beyond the Syrtis Major Lowland. [Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay]
-Ferrok-Shahn - The capital city of the Martian Union. It has red and green miniarettes. It is between the Central Canal and the "Mushroom Mountains." [Raymond King Cummings]
-Gray Mountains - A sharp edged mountain range in the Martian desert, not far from South Tarog. A tall, cylindrical fortress was built here by humans. [The Martian Cabal by Roman Frederick Starzl]
-Hesperidum - A human colony built beneath a shining dome about 8,000 kilometers southwest of Mars City which includes the South Ausonia Art Shop. [Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay]
-Icaria Desert - A desert on the far side of the planet from Mars City, where rebels have set up living domes. [Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay]
-Kralik Mountains - Caves in the foothills served as a shelter for Earth's first settlers on Mars. [Space Patrol: 2 Danger on Mars]
-Mars City - A major city. [Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay]
--Stardust Trail - a tavern in a seedy region of the city. [Tara]
-Marsport - A domed city built by humans that serves as an interplanetary spaceport. It has slums sprawling out from it. [Police Your Planet by Lester del Rey]
-Martopolis - The largest city on Mars. It is built on the side on a hill rising from the waters of a great lake or canal. The buildings are tall and glittering, built of a light colored material and very ornate. The inhabitants are small and fast cratures covered with fur and feathers. [Through Space to Mars by Roy Rockwood]
-North Tarog - A city with domed buildings, on a small cultivated area along a canal in the middle of the desert. It is protected from attack by line of shield-ray projectors. Some locatoins include the Hotel of the Republic. [The Martian Cabal by Roman Frederick Starzl]
-Paleveria - A republican and capitalist state with class divisions. The inhabitants are vegetarians who wear loose robes. Their homes (at least among the aristocrats) are classical and palatial, with marble floors and statuary, silk hangings, and frescoes on the walls. Women in Paleveria can vote, hold political office, and run businesses; they propose marriage to men, have sex with male prostitutes, and even participate in wrestling matches. [Unveiling a Parallel by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones & Ella Merchant]
--Thursia - A learning center of Paleveria.
-Red Valley - Inhabited by bat men AND deadly snakes. [Le Docteur Oméga by Arnould Galopin]
--City of Fire - Built by Macrocephales and ruled by a king.
-Solis Lacus Lowland - A private resort area for humans 20,000km from Mars City. There is no police force, "no swimming, no boating, no skiing, no water and no snow. Just a vast expanse of salty ground, blanketed with gray-green canal sage and dotted with the plastic domes of the resort chateaus" including the Chateau Nectaris. [Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay]
-Temphi - An underground city that served as the capitol of the lost civilization of the Carnacans, who left the galaxy around the year 2000. [Space Patrol: 1.27 The Lost City of the Carnacans]
-Thaumasia Foelix Desert - Desert northwest of Solis Lacus. [Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay]
-Tithonius Lacus Lowland - Region between the Thaumasia Desert and the Desert of Candor. [Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay]
-Wastelands of Kralic [Space Patrol: 1.29 The Legend of Wild Man's Ridge]
-Xanthe Desert - A wide, barren desert of red sand, with no stones or plantlife. [Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay]
--Ultra Vires - A tall fortified city in the desert, built with black stone. The buildings have few windows and humans are experimented on in labs. It is now abandoned.
-Xanthus - A city of small pyramids, cut by a canal inhabited by tentacled "dream-beasts." [A Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum]
Mercury: Usually depicted as a desert-like planet with some forests and lakes. Usually inhabited by primitive monsters and dinosaurs. Humanoid inhabitants are almost always depicted as hostile.
-The Light Country - A country in the Valley of the Sun, which is mostly level marshland with a semi-tropic jungle, partially inundated with water. It is populated by small towns. [The Fire People by Ray Cummings]
--The Great City - The largest city on Mercury, built on a huge circular mound shaped mountain, which rises from a vast plane. The city has broad streets, with houses on both sides hidden undre thick groves of palms. There is a tropical garden at the center of the city at the top of the mountain. The city is surrounded by about 5 miles of wet, muddy fertile land, populated by palms and tropical vegetation. There is a road built through this region on an embankment about 8-10 feet high and lined with plam trees.
--The Water City - The second largest city on Mercury. It is on a lake which is roughly 5-6 miles wide. It consists mostly of palm-thatched shacks built upon platforms raised above the water on stilts. There are several small islands on the lake, covered in palms and a castle in the center that rises two stories above the water. The sides of the lake slope up, and are covered with fertile land which is cultivated. A great river, about 10 feet deep feeds into the lake.
-The Fire Country - A country largely uninhabited, due to the intense heat. Ruins remain of the dark skinned people who once lived there. [The Fire People by Ray Cummings]
-The Narrow Sea - A sea that lies between The Light Country and The Twilight Country. [The Fire People by Ray Cummings]
-Solaria - A human colony. [Space Patrol: The City of the Sun]
-The Twilight Country - A barren, frigid wasteland which is usually covered in night, but is densely populated. [The Fire People by Ray Cummings]
--The Lone City - A city on the banks of the Narrow Sea.
Venus: Usually depicted as a hot, lush jungle planet with with muddy swamps and inhabited by dangerous vegetation and savage fauna. Sometimes depicted as a paradise with beautiful amazonian women. Sometimes depicted as a refuge for outlaws. Sometimes depicted as a vacation spot and game preserve for interplanetary adventurers. [Columbus of Space, The Great Romance, Journey to Venus the Primeval World, To Venus in Five Seconds]
-Caloric Ocean - A huge ocean in the Western Hemisphere. [Space Patrol: 4 The Giant Marine Clam]
-Cydonia Jungle - Jungle ruled by Queen Riva and her tribe of Amazon women. They make slaves of all strong men and destroy the weak ones. [Space Patrol: 4 The Amazons of Cydonia]
-Dust Bowl - A dry desert region where Exonium is mined. [Space Patrol: 2 Slaves of the Exonium Mine]
-Futuria - A human colony in the 30th Century.
-Great Serpent Range - A winding mountain range from which springs the Mud River. [Foundling On Venus by John & Dorothy de Courcy]
-Grebhar - The capital city of the Venus Free State, near the shiny Silver Forest. [Raymond King Cummings]
-Lake Azure - A popular spaceport and vacation spot. [Space Patrol: 1.12 A Vacation at Lake Azure]
-Mogi Jungle - An especially dangerous jungle that few have returned from. [Space Patrol: 1.48 Jungle of No Return]
-New Reno - A loud, boisterous city built as a human colony for miners and other rough men in a muddy region. [Foundling On Venus by John & Dorothy de Courcy]
-Phantom Haven - A village hidden deep in the jungles, which serves as a refuge for outlaws and fugitives. It was founded by Haneesh and the Brotherhood of Space. [Wonder Comics #15]
-Venusport - A spaceport built by human colonists. It has "towering Titan crystal buildings" rise above the misty atmosphere to catch the sunlight. There are secondhand shops along "Spaceman's Row," ten blocks of the city shunned by the locals, where unsavory characters conduct underground business. [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
-Woom-la - A civilization nestled in a massive volcanic crater on a remote island in a vast sea. The climate is perpetually warm with blue skies. The peaks of the crater extend into the clouds and water condenses on them, and dribbles down in streams into a central lake. It has frequent rains and lush vegetation. There is gold, silver, copper, tin, and iron, granite, marble, diamond, ruby, sapphire, topaz, emerald, garnet, opal and turquoise, as well as stones and metals unknown to earth, of striking color. The land is inhabited by reptiles, fish, coral and classically beautiful humanoids with skin complexions ranging from "a dazzling blonde to an olive-green brunette." They love nature and are vegetarians eating only fruits, nuts, edible flowers, grain, herbs, gums, and roots, which are in great profusion. They are "bright, witty, and ingenious, as well as guileless, chaste, and happy" people who wear robes and live an easy life. "They live almost exempt from disease, or pain, or crime, and finally die in peace at the good old age of a hundred or a hundred and fifty years." [A Trip to Venus by John Munro]
Ceres: Inhabited by humanoids that are 40 feet tall due to low gravity. They are at war with the Martians. [Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P. Serviss]
Hermes: An asteroid in our solar system used as a prison. [Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers: Terror in the Space Lighthouse]
Juno [Space Adventures #4]
Themis: Inhabited by a cyclops. [Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers: Cyclops of Themis]
Jupiter: Sometimes depicted as an earthlike planet, settled by humans, but most often inhabited by hostile aliens. The native creatures of Jupiter are usually gigantic.
-Cornicus - A large, remote crater. [Space Patrol: 1.5 The Ivory of Death]
-Flaming Mountains [Auro in Planet Comics]
-Iraz - A dictatorship, run from its capital city Temlu.
-Namoa - The no man's land. [Auro in Planet Comics]
-Red Lake - A lake in a frigid mountain region of Jupiter. The lake freezes over and hosts a Winter Resort. [Space Patrol: 1.16 Under The Red Lake Of Jupiter]
-Tando Region [Auro in Planet Comics]
-Vorkulia - A large city in the southern polar region, shaped like a seven pointed star, with a huge tower in the center. It is a very colorful city and it is surrounded by a tall blue-green metal wall which seperates it from the jovian jungle. It is inhabited by flying snake creatures. [Spacehounds of IPC by E.E. Smith]
-Xalia - A kingdom threatened by Iraz.
-Yasgadar - a small village. [Auro in Planet Comics]
*Callisto: Home to a small human colony and its Uranium refineries. [The Indulgence of Negu Mah by Robert Andrew Arthur]
*Europa: The Redemption Cairn is a depression in which oxygen has settled. It is inhabited by "baldder-birds" who carry a supply of air with them. [The Redemption Cairn by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum]
*Ganyemede: Sometimes depicted as an earth-like world, promising for human settlement. [Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. Smith ]
-Jupiter's View - A domed human colony with a Saloon called "The Golden Satellite." [The Jupiter Weapon by Charles Louis Fontenay]
-Prometheus - An obsolete space station orbiting Ganymede in the 30th Century. It is scheduled to be destroyed by Space Safety. [Space Patrol: 1.40 Prometheus Bound for Destruction]
*Iapetus [Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers: The Eel of Iapetus]
*Io: Sometimes depicted as an earth-like world, promising for human settlement. [Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. Smith ]
Iona - Inhabited by a race of plantlike humanoids. [Captain Video: The Green King]
Saturn: Usually depicted as the home of strange hostile aliens, such as the "Amoeba Men."
*Pan - A small moon of settled by humans who built great temples, it was once inhabited by giant Blosts. [Planet Comics #29]
*Titan: Usually depicted as a cold, cloudy, barren and largely uninviting world, usually the home of human mining colonies. It is inhabited by "Frog Men." [Silver Streak Comics]
-Security Detention Colony - A maximum security prison. [Space Patrol: 2 Trouble on Titan]
-Todd Station - A privately owned spaceport. [Space Patrol: 3 The Fraud of Titan]
*Xauk - A fictional fifth moon of Saturn. It has giant trees and a race of Amazonian warrior women led by Queen Thaya. They keep the men in the mines, where Zor fish and jellyfish swim through the thick atmosphere. [Planet Comics #22]
Neptune: Usually depicted as a water world with little or no land.
-Coraam - A kingdom near a large tropical valley with diverse wildlife and active volcanos. [Reef Ryan in Planet Comics]
-Guirtha - A city state. [Reef Ryan in Planet Comics]
-Noom - A kingdom ruled by a Queen who lives in a great castle upon a mountain. [Spacehawk in Target Comics]
--Ojah Valley - A valley of Noom that is rich in mineral resources. [Spacehawk in Target Comics]
-Pok - A city state. [Reef Ryan in Planet Comics]
-River Meg [Reef Ryan in Planet Comics]
-Xalan - A strange city with large fortified structures built on cliffs. It is ruled by a "Tab" or "Tabess." Monetary unit is called a "Rad." [Reef Ryan in Planet Comics]
*Hyperion - A watery world inhabited by short creatures with large heads who live in cities with canals. There are also swamps inhabited by gator-like creatures. [Planet Comics #39]
*Triton - Inhabited by deadly "strangler" trees. [Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers: The Strangler Trees of Triton]
Pluto: Usually depicted as a cold, desolate outpost, with secret bases and hideouts.
-Delonia - Kingdom ruled by Queen Anyana. [Space Adventures #2]
-Glassberg of EO - Huge glassberg inhabited by intelligent white gorillas. It is located in a large icy sea. [Norge Benson in Planet Comics]
-Morehouse Observatory [Space Patrol: 1.50 The Sacrafice]
-Pluto City - Largely inhabited by intelligent penguins, it is the capital of the peaceful, snow covered planet. [Norge Benson in Planet Comics]
The Sun: There was apparently some theory that the surface of the sun was not that hot, or at least, not on sunspots.
-Pyropolis - A military city state on the sun, ruled by Solaris and the Thermodons who can fly. [Wonder Comics #15]
-Univania - A peaceful city state on the sun, beyond the "Desert of Despair." It has no king and no laws and is nearly helpless against Pyropolis. [Wonder Comics #15]
Hypothetical Planets: Gaga, Nibiru, Phaeton, Planet V, Planet X, Theia, Tiamat and Vulcan.
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