Lithone (planet)

This article is about the planet. For the aliens from that planet, see Lithone (species).

A view of Lithone from orbit shows off the planet's active geology.

Lithone is a stony planet in a blue-red binary star system. The planet has been partially built over by mechanical cities drawing on the planet's geothermal power. It is inhabited by a race of robots known as the Lithones or Lithons.

Unicron ate it.

Fiction

Generation 1

The Transformers cartoon

The planet Lithone was destroyed by Unicron in the year 2005. Two of its inhabitants, Arblus and Kranix, seemed to have had prior knowledge of Unicron's existence. The Transformers: The Movie

Transformers: Animated

During the Great War, the Lithons shipped medical relief supplies to both sides. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

Notes

• The name Lithone presumably derives from the Greek word lithos meaning 'rock' in reference to its active geology.
• In reality, the tidal forces of a binary star would make planetary formation impossible. Fiction oft ignores this.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Lithone (リソーン Risōn)