List of Heinlein planets

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The following planets appear in the fictional works of Robert A. Heinlein.

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[edit] Citizen of the Galaxy

  • Akka — A planet where Creighton and Martha Rudbek were last seen alive.

[edit] Starship Troopers

  • Terra (Earth) — Terran homeworld. Location of boot camp "Arthur Currie".
  • Faraway — A Terran colony planet occupied by the Klendathu Arachnids.
  • Hesperus — A Terran colony planet.
  • Iskander — A Terran colony planet.
  • Klendathu — Home planet of the Arachnids. Location of "Operation Bughouse".
  • Planet P — A planet occupied by the Arachnids as a forward base, attacked and excavated by the Terran Mobile Infantry in "Operation Royalty". Location of first captured Arachnid leaders, and 3rd Lt. Juan Rico's first command as an (probationary) officer.
  • Sanctuary — A planet with an orbital stardock. A Mobile Infantry/Navy headquarters, R&R station, and backup headquarters of the Terran Federation. Its location was a carefully maintained secret enforced by implanted suicide orders in astrogation officers should they be captured. Described by Rico as being "like Earth, but retarded" due to a lack of Earth-like natural background radiation that prompted mutation and evolution of life.
  • Sheol — An Arachnid colony planet, decimated by the Terrans.

[edit] Time Enough for Love

  • Blessed — A theocratic planet with a state-supported slave trade.
  • New Beginnings — A colony planet colonized by Lazarus Long under the pseudonym 'Ernest Gibbons'.
  • Ormuzd — A planet that suffered a quarter of a billion dead during a plague.
  • Secundus — A planet colonized by the Howards in c2250.
  • Tertius — A planet colonized by the Howards in c4300.

[edit] Tunnel in the Sky

  • Byer's Planet — A planet scheduled for 'pacification'.
  • Heavenly Mountains — A planet which is being colonized by the Australasian Republic. Its official designation is GO-8703-IV.
  • Mithra — A planet where the dangerous snow ape lives.
  • New Canaan — A colony planet described as a "rose without thorns".
  • Ratoon — A planet which is occupied by non-humans but has diplomatic ties with Earth.
  • Spica IV — A planet where Bessemer's Griffin lives, an extremely tough to kill predator with no central nervous system.
  • Tangaroa — A planet which is used as a location for the final examination in Advanced Survival. Its official designation is GO-73901-II.
  • Territa — A colony planet located near the Hyades.
  • Thule — A planet mentioned in passing.

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