-=> Quoting Jan Chandler to Ken Staley <=-
 JC> largest group flees tattered Talon for the "terra-formed" sister
 JC> planet, which is on the same orbital plane, but on the other side of
 JC> their sun. The smaller group leaves the artificial environment of
	Science blunder alert here.  
	It is true that such a "counter-planet" is one of the 5
 positions of the Lagrangian solution to the 3-body problem.  But
 if there is any other body orbiting the star in this system, this
 position becomes unstable.  Add that it is quite improbable that
 such a body would form in *exactly* the same orbit as the planet
 that it's counter to.
	You can probably save believability with minimal revision,
 though--have the planet be moved or constructed there, with some
 means of stabilizing the orbit.
	(BTW, be prepared to be asked if you've read the only sf
 series to use the notion of a "counter-Earth."  The _Gor_ novels
 have a certain, um, reputation.)
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