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Terra's Big Neighbor
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Harry Turtledove wrote the novel, "World of Difference," where Mars is replaced with Minerva, a habitable world slightly larger than Earth. That got me thinking about a somewhat different alternate history.

Would it be feasible to park a habitable planet, perhaps somewhat larger than Earth, in Venus's orbit? Or is Venus's orbit too close to Sol for any long-term habitability?

Also, would a somewhat larger planet in Venus's orbit (say, 2x Earth mass) be a problem for Earth's orbital stability?
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
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Terra's Big Neighbor - by Cray - 08-04-2014, 10:20 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by iancampbell - 08-04-2014, 10:53 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by radtech497 - 08-04-2014, 01:20 PM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by Cray - 08-05-2014, 09:24 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by radtech497 - 08-05-2014, 10:51 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by Cray - 08-06-2014, 11:21 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by radtech497 - 08-06-2014, 03:18 PM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by stevebowers - 08-05-2014, 10:10 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by four - 08-05-2014, 07:18 PM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by Drashner1 - 08-06-2014, 10:28 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by kch49er - 08-05-2014, 10:57 PM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by iancampbell - 08-06-2014, 05:13 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by stevebowers - 08-06-2014, 09:20 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by iancampbell - 08-07-2014, 04:34 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by Cray - 08-08-2014, 10:43 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by radtech497 - 08-08-2014, 01:53 PM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by Cray - 08-08-2014, 09:25 PM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by four - 08-08-2014, 11:29 PM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by Cray - 08-09-2014, 09:00 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by xilman - 08-09-2014, 07:18 PM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by iancampbell - 08-10-2014, 05:23 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by Cray - 08-10-2014, 10:06 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by iancampbell - 08-11-2014, 07:56 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by iancampbell - 08-09-2014, 04:25 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by stevebowers - 08-09-2014, 06:51 PM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by stevebowers - 08-10-2014, 06:26 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by Cray - 08-10-2014, 10:24 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by stevebowers - 08-10-2014, 07:05 PM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by stevebowers - 08-11-2014, 07:09 AM
RE: Terra's Big Neighbor - by stevebowers - 08-11-2014, 08:14 AM

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