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- proper noun obsolete A
hypothetical Earth on the opposite side of theSun .
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Philolaus the Pythagorean gives to fire the middle place, and this is the source fire of the universe; the second place to the Antichthon; the third to that earth which we inhabit, which is placed in opposition unto and whirled about the opposite, — which is the reason that those which inhabit that earth cannot be seen by us.
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He wrote nothing, but is supposed to have said that the earth, moon, five planets, and fixed stars all revolve round the sun, which itself revolves round an imaginary central fire called the Antichthon.
History of Astronomy George Forbes 1892
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A dond for Al Bowlly's In Heaven @Antichthon, and nomming
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A dond for Al Bowlly's In Heaven @Antichthon, and nomming
Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk 2010
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