fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoThe 'ol 1 2mander.xyzimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1605arrow-down124
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minus-squarePegajace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 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.
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.