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Meanings of antichthon in English

Russian
планета глория
Spanish
antitierra
Catalan
antichton

Hypothetical planet on the other side of the Sun from Earth.

        планета глория
        Usage of antichthon in English
        1
        Hicetes the Pythagorean, that there are two earths, this and the Antichthon, or the earth opposite to it.
        Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
        2
        Some of the Pythagoreans say, that the splendor arises from the earth, its obstruction from the Antichthon (or counter-earth).
        Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies