List of minor Foundation universe planets
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This is a list of minor planets in Isaac Asimov's Foundation, Robot, and Empire series. Most are mentioned only by name.
[edit] 61 Cygni
The star system 61 Cygni, in the Sirius Sector, is advanced by Lord Dorwin as the potential site for a planet of origin for the human species. Lord Dorwin cites 'Sol' and three other planetary systems in the Sirius Sector, along with Arcturus in the Arcturus Sector, as potential original worlds. This fact seems to be contradicted by information given in Foundation and Earth.
[edit] Alpha Centauri
After Melpomenia, Trevize, Bliss, Fallom and Pelorat went to Alpha Centauri. They find the remnants of the inhabitants of Earth, who many millennia ago were resettled following events descriped in Asimov's novel "Pebble in the Sky". The natives, who call their home New Earth, are quite friendly, and Trevize's band decided to enjoy some rest and relaxation. See also Alpha (planet).
[edit] Asperta
A planet mentioned by Mayor Indbur in Foundation and Empire, as a planet to which the Foundation protested some 'sharp trade practises'.
[edit] Aurora
A spacer planet mentioned in Foundation and Earth where Janov Pelorat and Golan Trevize met very aggressive dogs because the planet was abandoned by humans a very long time ago, maybe 20000 years. It was the first planet to be colonised by humans during the Spacer era.
[edit] Baronn
A planet mentioned in Pebble in the Sky, as the birthplace of Bel Arvardan.
[edit] Bonde
Mentioned by Mayor Indbur in Foundation and Empire, one of the planets in the Foundation.
[edit] Cil
Mentioned in Second Foundation. It lay on the normal trade route between Kalgan and Tazenda.
[edit] Cinna
Mentioned in Prelude to Foundation. Dors Venabili was supposedly from Cinna. The only descriptions of Cinna known come from Dors, and since she was a robot that most likely had never been to Cinna, they may not be accurate. According to Dors, Cinna is a small, unimportant world, where the amount of cloth in beachware leaves 'very little to the imagination'.
[edit] Derowd
A planet mentioned by Dors Venabili in Prelude to Foundation. On Derowd, promiscuous sexual activity was permitted without restraint even in public, providing traffic was not blocked. The idea was to allow people to live out all their fantasies, so they would be ready to settle down after marriage. After marriage, the concept of monogamy was absolute and unbroken. The practise stopped around 11,700 G.E. Many associates of Dr. Venabili believed that this was from pressure by other planets, who lost a great deal of tourist business to Derowd.
[edit] Euterpe
One of the Spacer worlds. It was a popular tourist destination for the spacers, because of its exceptionally large rainforests. Euterpe has one satellite, 'Gemstone', with a radius of 120 km (75 miles). It is named after Euterpe, the Muse of music.
[edit] Fomalhaut
A planet mentioned in the Empire Series whose inhabitants speak an extreme dialect of Galactic Standard Speech. Compare Fomalhaut, a star in the real universe.
[edit] Getorin
Mentioned in Forward the Foundation. In the book, Hari Seldon attempted to convince Yugo Amaryl to take a break from working on psychohistory and take a vacation on Getorin, a 'resort planet nearby' (near Trantor). It was probably part of the pre-Imperial Kingdom of Trantor.
[edit] Glyptal IV
A planet in the Glyptal System in the Galactic Periphery. The Foundation was attempting to bring it into its religious sphere of influence roughly twenty years before the war with Korell. Limmar Ponyets happened to be on Glyptal IV in time to be sent to Askone to rescue Eskel Gorov. During this mission, Askone began to be brought under the Foundation's influence.
[edit] Haven
Mentioned in Foundation and Empire. It was one of the Association of Independent Trading Worlds, quasi-independent from the Foundation. It was the second planet in its star system, a barren world made primarily of uneroded rock formations. Most of the cities were in underground caves. One of these cities, Gleiar city, was the site of an attempted landing by Foundation tax-collectors. Toran Darell, husband of Bayta Darrell, was a native of Haven.
[edit] Hesperos
A Spacer planet in Robots and Empire. It was one of the original Spacer worlds, and the one on which Vasilia Aliena awaited the death of her father, Han Fastolfe. It is named after Hesperos, the Greek god associated with the star Venus.
[edit] Horleggor
The site of the Mule's first victory against the Foundation.
[edit] Iss
A planet in Foundation and Empire. It was one of the Association of Independent Trading Worlds, which were quasi-independent from the Foundation. Together with Haven and Mnemon, it represented half of the military power of the traders. At the Radole conference, Iss was represented by one Mangin.
[edit] Livia
Briefly mentioned in Foundation and Earth. It was the home world of the scientist Humbal Yariff, who attempted to find the location of Earth.
[edit] Locris
(or Loris) Locris was 20 parsecs (65 light years) from Terminus, and 800 parsecs (2600 light years) from Santanni. Locris exported wine, which was noted for excellent quality. Captain Han Pritcher was a native of Loris. Loris was briefly held by the Empire during the campaigns of Bel Riose. It is named after Locris, a region of ancient Greece.
[edit] Lyonesse
Mentioned by Mayor Indbur in Foundation and Empire, forming a trade agreement with the Foundation. It was conquered by the Mule in 300 F.E.
[edit] Lystena
A planet on the outer edge of the Galaxy mentioned in Forward the Foundation.
[edit] Mandress
Mentioned in Foundation's Edge. It was in the inner provinces of the old Galactic Empire, to which Harla Branno served as an ambassador in her earlier years.
[edit] Melpomenia
The nineteenth Spacer World settled, mentioned in Foundation and Earth. It contained a large monument called the 'Hall of the Worlds', which contained a large room with the fifty Spacer Worlds listed with co-ordinates on seven columns; Melpomenia was the origin point. Using data from these columns, translated by Janov Pelorat, Golan Trevize was able to construct a sphere, the centre of which would be roughly close to Earth. The planet itself, however, was rendered virtually uninhabitable by a radical climate change; the only life form able to survive it was a carbon-dioxide feeding 'moss'. Golan Trevize had to use his blaster to melt away the alien substance on his ship, and the face plates on his and Pelorat's space suits. Only after bathing the rest of the ship in the UV rays of the sun did he leave the forsaken planet. It is presumably named for Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy.
[edit] Mnemon
Mentioned in Foundation and Empire, one of the members of the Association of Independent Trading Worlds, quasi-independent from the Foundation. Together with Haven and Iss, it represented half of the traders' military capacity. It was represented at the Radole Conference by Ovall Gri. Partway through the conference, Mnemon was attacked by the Mule. Because of the tenacity of the traders, the Mule would not have been successful if he had not had an atomic-field depressor. This event pushed the Traders into war, siding with the Foundation against the Mule.
[edit] Mores
Mentioned by Mayor Indbur in Foundation and Empire, that completed a commercial treaty with the Foundation in 300 F.E.
[edit] Nexon
At 2 parsecs (6.5 light years) from Solaria, it formed with Solaria the closest pair of Spacer worlds. (Solaria was settled from Nexon.)
[edit] Nishaya
Part of the pre-Imperial Kingdom of Trantor, Nishaya is mentioned in Forward the Foundation. At the end of the Empire it was noted for its goat herding and high-quality cheeses. Laskin Joranum pretended to be from Nishaya during his campaign to overthrow Eto Demerzel. One thing that gave him away was his perfect mastery of the Trantorian dialect; real Nishayans spoke a very different dialect of Galactic Standard.
[edit] Ophiuchus
A barbarous world once thought to have developed before hyperspatial travel.
[edit] Orsha II
A system in the Normannic Sector of the Galactic Empire, mentioned in Foundation. The inhabited planet is Orsha II, the second planet of the system. The capital of the Normannic Sector was originally Siwenna (20 parsecs, or 65 light years, away), but after the first Siwennian rebellion, it was moved to Orsha II.
[edit] Rhampora
Famous for its oysters.
[edit] Rigel
A planet in the Empire Series. In the first millennium of the Galactic Era, its inhabitants developed a robotic culture. Because this made Rigellians so passive, they were easy prey for the warlord Moray.
[edit] Salinn
The first planet to be aware of the Mule's advance on the Foundation.
[edit] Sarip
A planet near Anacreon
[edit] Sirius
The Sirius system was a capital of the Sirius Sector, and one of the planets advanced by some late Galactic Era archaeologists as the planet of origin for the human species. Between 800-900 G.E., a planet in the Sirius system was one of the ten most populated planets in the Galaxy.
[edit] Smitheus
One of the fifty Spacer worlds.
[edit] Smushyk
A planet mentioned in Second Foundation, located in the Galactic Periphery.
[edit] Solaria
Golan Trevize and Janov Pelorat found what the Solarians - who have survived the Spacer-Settler conflicts by clever retreat detailed in an Asimov's novel Robots and Empire - have evolved into: self-reproducing hermaphrodites who have remained generally intolerant of human physical presence or contact. They have also evolved the ability to mentally channel great amounts of energy ("transduce"), and utilize this as their sole source of power.
[edit] Synnax
The birthplace of Gaal Dornick, it was in a stellar system orbiting a region called the 'Blue Drift'.
[edit] Terel
One of the Association of Independent Trading Worlds. Had a minor victory against the Mule.
[edit] Vincetori
Mentioned in Second Foundation. It lay on the standard trade route between Kalgan and Tazenda.
[edit] Voreg
A planet in the Anacreon Prefect, close to the capital system Anacreon.
[edit] Wanda
The temporary headquarters for the navy of Bel Riose, General of the Galactic Empire, during the war between the Empire and the Foundation. Ducem Barr and Lathan Devers were kept in a prison on Wanda during this war, and Devers' ship was impounded there also.
[edit] Wencory
Home planet of Las Zenow (12008-?????), chief librarian of the Library of Trantor. Zenow returned to Wencory when he retired. (Mentioned in Forward the Foundation).
[edit] Zoranel
The planet to which 50 members of the Second Foundation (including Pelleas Anthor) were banished at the end of Second Foundation, in 378 F.E.
| Major and minor planets featured in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series |
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Anacreon | Aurora | Baley's World (Comporellon) | Earth | Gaia | Helicon | Kalgan | Korell | Delicass (Neotrantor) | Sayshell | Solaria | Siwenna | Tazenda | Terminus | Trantor (Hame) |
