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[[File:Desktop monitor, Earth starships, Up the Long Ladder.jpg|thumb|Mission to Planet 10 (DIM-8)]]
 
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| name = Planet 10 (DIM-8)
'''Planet 10 (DIM-8)''' was a [[planet]] within 90 [[light year]]s of the [[Sol]]. ({{TNG|Up The Long Ladder}}; {{ENT|Two Days and Two Nights}})
 
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| image = Expeditions from Sol System, 2123–2190 remastered.jpg
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| type = [[Planet]]
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| location = [[Alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] or [[Beta Quadrant]]
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| status = Intact
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| datestatus = 2137
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}}
   
Upon its launch from [[Earth]] in [[2137]], Planet 10 (DIM-8) was the destination of the [[SS Buckaroo Banzai|SS ''Buckaroo Banzai'']]. ({{TNG|Up The Long Ladder}})
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'''Planet 10 (DIM-8)''' was a [[planet]] located near the [[Ficus sector|Ficus]] [[sector]].
   
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In [[2137]], the {{SS|Buckaroo Banzai}} was launched from the [[Earth]] on a [[mission]] to Planet 10 (DIM-8). It was listed on the chart "Interstellar Expeditions to Sectors 184/02-185/38: Launched From Sol System, Earth Dates 2123-2190", which was seen on a screen in [[Jean-Luc Picard]]'s [[ready room]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}. ({{TNG-R|Up The Long Ladder}} ''okudagram'')
===See also===
 
* [[Planet Ten]]
 
* [[Planet 10 Shipping]]
 
   
 
{{bginfo|{{omiw|planet}}|"Planet 10" was an [[in-joke]] reference to the film ''[[Buckaroo Banzai|The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension!]]'', with "DIM-8" being an abbreviation for the "8th Dimension."}}
== Background information ==
 
The name of this planet was not verbally referenced on screen. A legible version of the okudagram, in which the name was seen, first appeared in the reference book, ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission]]'', before it was seen in the remastered version of the episode.
 
 
"Planet 10" was an [[in-joke]] reference to the film ''[[Buckaroo Banzai|The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension!]]'', with "DIM-8" being an abbreviation for the "8th Dimension."
 
 
According to {{ENT|Two Days and Two Nights}}, prior to [[2151]], Earth ships had been operating within 90 light years of the [[Sol system]]. In that year, the {{NX|Enterprise}} became the first ship to travel further than this distance. With the planet being visited in 2137, Planet 10 (DIM-8) was presumably located within this range.
 
   
 
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Latest revision as of 19:22, 28 January 2022

Planet 10 (DIM-8) was a planet located near the Ficus sector.

In 2137, the SS Buckaroo Banzai was launched from the Earth on a mission to Planet 10 (DIM-8). It was listed on the chart "Interstellar Expeditions to Sectors 184/02-185/38: Launched From Sol System, Earth Dates 2123-2190", which was seen on a screen in Jean-Luc Picard's ready room aboard the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG-R: "Up The Long Ladder" okudagram)

This planet was only mentioned in writing.
"Planet 10" was an in-joke reference to the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension!, with "DIM-8" being an abbreviation for the "8th Dimension."