在亚瑟·C·克拉克所著《磐石》系列的《太空奥德赛》中留下人类寻找到外星人的伏笔。在靠近第谷坑附近的一个坑洞发现不自然的强磁场,称之为第谷磁异常-1(Tycho Magnetic Anomaly 1,TMA-1)[5]。在围绕木星轨道上的一个称为TMA-2,2513年在奥杜威峡谷发现的,因为它是原始人类遭遇到的第一个,被追溯命名为TMA-0。
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