 While it is destroyed before impact, its fragments rain down on the Earth's surface, killing nearly 800 million people across the world.In the science-fiction book series "Aeon 14", Cruithne appears as an inhabited moonlet, home to 'privateers', smugglers, Terran Space Fleet (TSF) outposts and corporate headquarters.Notable inhabitants have included Ngoba Starl and Petral Dulan.