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I believe this is false in the sense that Mercury's orbit is more centered about the center of the Sun rather than the barycenter of the solar system (center of
by irchans 7y ago
I believe this is false in the sense that Mercury's orbit is more centered about the center of the Sun rather than the barycenter of the solar system (center of mass).
- afiori 7y agoThat might be, but the real statement would be more like that the solar system rotates around the barycenter of the solar system, for sure the moon revolves "more" around the barycenter of the earth-moon pair than that of the whole solar system.