Aurora is a fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Robot Series. It was the first world settled by the Spacers, originally named 'New Earth'; it was located 3.7 parsecs (12 light years) from Earth. Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920? – April 6, 1992, IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Isaac Asimovs Robot Series is a series of books by Isaac Asimov, both collections of short stories and novels. ... In Isaac Asimovs Foundation/Empire/Robot series, the Spacers were the first humans to emigrate to space. ... Stellar parallax motion The parsec (symbol pc) is a unit of length used in astronomy. ... A light-year or lightyear (symbol: ly) is a unit of measurement of length, specifically the distance light travels in vacuum in one year. ...

Origins & Development

The planet was the very first extrasolar colony world established by mankind, founded at some point prior to 2064 A.D. (and following the discovery of the hyperspatial jump in 2029 A.D.), with numerous extrasolar colonies being mentioned by Susan Calvin during an interview given in that year. In later millennia, would be renamed "Aurora," which means "dawn," to signify a dawning of a new age for the Spacer culture. It was the innermost world orbiting Tau Ceti. It was famous among the Spacer worlds for its grape juice. It was also considered the strongest of the Spacer worlds, and therefore the practical leader of them. Dr. Susan Calvin, from a cover to I, Robot. ... Tau Ceti (Ï„ Cet / Ï„ Ceti) is a star commonly mentioned by science fiction authors since it is similar to the Sun in mass and spectral type in addition to being relatively close to us. ...

The head of Aurora's planetary government was called the "Chairman."

Aurora at its height had a population of 200,000,000 humans and 10,000,000,000 robots. The largest 'city' on the planet was Eos, the administrative and robotic centre of Aurora where Han Fastolfe and Gladia Solaria lived. The University of Eos and the Auroran Robotics Institute were both in Eos. We see the planet at its height in The Robots of Dawn. Dr. Han Fastolfe is a fictional character in Isaac Asimovs Robot series. ... Gladia Delmarre, later known as Gladia Solaria and Gladia Gremionis, is a character from Isaac Asimovs Robot Series. ... The Robots of Dawn is a whodunit science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, first published in 1983. ...

Later history

In Prelude to Foundation, we learn that at least some of its inhabitants emigrated to Trantor, settling in the Mycogen Sector. The descendants of the Aurorans, or Mycogenians, never forgot Aurora, but they apparently evolved to the point where they were indistinguishable from Settlers. Prelude to Foundation Prelude to Foundation is a novel written by Isaac Asimov. ... Trantor is a fictional planet in Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and Empire series of science fiction novels. ... In Isaac Asimovs Foundation series of novels, Mycogen is a sector on Trantor, galactic administration center, where Hari Seldon and Dors Venabili go to hide from Eto Demerzel and study psychohistory. ...

In Foundation and Earth, the searchers for Earth visit Aurora, along with other ancient settlements. The planet is by then not inhabited by human beings, and its declining ecology is dominated by savage dogs. Foundation and Earth Foundation and Earth (1986) is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fifth novel of the Foundation Series and chronologically the last in the series. ...

Statistics

• Star
  • Spectral Class: G-4
  • Mass: .9 that of Sol
• Planet (Tau Ceti I)
  • Inclination: 16º
  • Period of Rotation: .93 Galactic Standard Days
  • Period of Revolution: .95 Galactic Standard Years
  • Satellites: Tithonus, Tithonus II

Standards Of Learning SOL stands for The Standards Of Learning. ... In Greek mythology, Tithonus was Eos lover. ...

See also

• Tau Ceti in fiction

Tau Ceti is the closest single Sun-like star to our Sun, making it a popular setting or reference in science fiction media. ...

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