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Re: Twin Earth

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Originally Posted by TheBigDog View Post
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
Hello Bill,

I don't know about a twin planet, but there is just as much of a possibility that there could be a twin solar system (maybe even higher probability/possibility) on the opposite side of our galactic center.
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