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Is it possible to have two planets orbiting opposite each other across their star? Either with the two being of roughly equal mass, or with one giant planet and one terrestrial?
Everyone's heard of the old "Counter-Earth" theory, which of course is wrong, but I was wondering if given our current understanding of orbital physics it could have been right, or if the configuration just can't be stable. Could make a good element for some hard science fiction, but sadly my layman's knowledge isn't enough to know whether using it would end up with me dumped in the "Dan Brown pile." ;)
Everyone's heard of the old "Counter-Earth" theory, which of course is wrong, but I was wondering if given our current understanding of orbital physics it could have been right, or if the configuration just can't be stable. Could make a good element for some hard science fiction, but sadly my layman's knowledge isn't enough to know whether using it would end up with me dumped in the "Dan Brown pile." ;)