The Junkyard planet was an otherwise unnamed class M planet located on the edge of Sector 004 in the the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant.
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In 2265, while exploring the sector, the crew of the USS Enterprise witnessed an unknown starship disintegrate in the planet's atmosphere. James T. Kirk, Spock, and Hikaru Sulu searched the planet for survivors aboard Galileo, discovering that the surface was littered with spacecraft debris. They encountered and rescued the stranded crew of a Thaxian vessel. (TOS comic: "Planet of Rejects")