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minus-square@FrozengyrolinkEnglish1•1 year agoI mean the earth and moon do the same thing, just on a much smaller scale.
minus-squarePegajacelinkEnglish1•1 year agoNot quite. All two-body systems orbit a common barycenter, but the mass ratio of the Earth-Moon system is so lopsided that the barycenter is inside the Earth, not between them like with Pluto and Charon.
I mean the earth and moon do the same thing, just on a much smaller scale.
Not quite. All two-body systems orbit a common barycenter, but the mass ratio of the Earth-Moon system is so lopsided that the barycenter is inside the Earth, not between them like with Pluto and Charon.