• rImITywR@lemmy.world
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    21 hours 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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      2 hours 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

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        2 hours ago

        barycenter

        That’s the word I couldn’t remember.

        Also, it’s Sun, not Son

        Yeah, I don’t know how I messed that up 3 times. I think my brain was stuck between calling it the Sun and Sol. Also the mama and son/sun puns in this thread.