Two Planets Found Sharing One Orbit

dweezil-n0xad writes "Buried in the flood of data from the Kepler telescope is a planetary system unlike any seen before. Two of its apparent planets share the same orbit around their star. If the discovery is confirmed, it would bolster a theory that Earth once shared its orbit with a Mars-sized body that later crashed into it, resulting in the moon's formation."

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Do we need to check closer to home

[Anonymous Coward]

Is there another Earth on the far side of the Sun orbiting every 365 days?, anyone check?