Docking on the outer edge of a rotating wheel space station

Assuming such a space station needed to have its central hub not used for docking spacecraft, would it be plausible for a spacecraft to dock on the outer edge of a rotating wheel if the ship approached the station on a tangent to the outer edge, in the direction of rotation? I'm assuming a drone ship, of equal mass, would simultaneously dock on the opposite side of the station to maintain the balance of the mass of the station.

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