TIL: Jupiter does not go around the sun! They are a binary system. Uniquely among planets, the orbital barycenter is above sun’s surface.
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Replying to @Meaningness
What’s the criteria here? Don’t all bodies go around their common center of mass?
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Replying to @vinodkhare
Right—it’s whether the center of mass is within one of the bodies or between them
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Replying to @Meaningness @vinodkhare
But wouldn't that be at least a 10 body center of mass conversation ( at least) than just Jupiter and the Sun?
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Replying to @dubeyaneesh @vinodkhare
Yes… I just found this diagram about that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycenter#/media/File:Solar_system_barycenter.svg …
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