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Well, both things are wrong, planets do not orbit the sun or the center of earth's orbit, but the center of solar system, which is actually outside the sun.
by triknomeister 4y ago
Well, both things are wrong, planets do not orbit the sun or the center of earth's orbit, but the center of solar system, which is actually outside the sun.
- cygx 4y agoIt's true that due to the large mass of Jupiter, the barycenter of the solar system lies outside the surface of the sun. However, the barycenter of any sun/planet 2-body system besides Jupiter lies within the sun's surface, so I'm quite comfortable with the claim that at the very least most planets do orbit the sun...