• rImITywR@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Everything in the solar system (even the Son) orbit around the center of mass of everything in the solar system. This epicenter is just outside of the Son, on the side that Jupiter is. So the Son wobbles by a little bit more than 1 of its radii.

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      16 days ago

      This epicenter is just outside of the Son

      *Sometimes. The other planets can counterbalance Jupiter’s effect on the barycenter to pull it back into the surface of the Sun.

      Also, it’s Sun, not Son