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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
        Synonyms
        Examples for "counter-earth"
        Examples for "counter-earth"
        1
        It was, perhaps, largely to account for such eclipses that the counter-earth was invented.
        A History of Science — Volume 1
        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
        3
        Their count of the heavenly bodies, including the sphere of the fixed stars, seemed to show nine, and the counter-earth supplied the missing body.
        A History of Science — Volume 1
        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