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Radar Point

This is the nickname of the Chinese military scientist installation that is located on a mountaintop in the Greater Kinghan Mountains. It is in this setting that Ye Wenjie spends years working and makes contact with alien life.

Judgment Day

This is the nickname of the ship that is commissioned and built by Mike Evans as a means to maintain contact with the Trisolarans.

Trisolaris

This is the planet located four light years from Earth that makes contact with Ye Wenjie in response to her radio signals. Due to the gravitational pull of its three suns, the planet undergoes many Stable Eras and Chaotic Eras.

Sophons

This term applies to modified protons created by the extraterrestrials in order to squelch scientific advancement within the human civilization.

Pool balls

These symbolic objects are used in the narrative by Ding Yi in a demonstration of the properties and...

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