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Originally Posted by TheBigDog
This is a hypothetical. It may be moved to strange claims, but I will give it a go here first.
Imagine that there were another planet in our solar system. That panet is nearly identical in dimensions to the earth. It is in the exact same orbit as the earth. But it is exactly 180 degrees opposite the earth in its orbit. It is forever hidden from observation from the earth by the sun. Now, I am accepting the fact that this notion is increadibly far fetched. The odds against it are astronomical in the extreme. But have we bothered to look? I dare say that we have discovered stanger things in the universe.
Any ideas on how we would handle such a discovery?
Bill
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I don't know if it's possible but the only stable orbit you could have like that would a five planets all orbiting in the same orbit equalily distant from each other and the sun.
Michael
