counterearth
counterearth is the alternative form of counter-earth.
Meaning of counter-earth
Noun
counter-earth (plural not attested)
- A hypothetical planet sharing an orbit with the earth, but on the opposite side of the sun.
- To the same period may perhaps belong the theory that the comet is a separate planet; this eighth planet might serve, when the counter-earth had been discarded, to maintain the number ten in regard to the heavenly bodies.1881, Eduard Zeller, Sarah Frances Alleyne, A History of Greek Philosophy
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- What is counterearth the alternative form of?
- Counterearth is the alternative form of counter-earth.
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