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[–] 149 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I believe that's the same for every planet. And every moon. For every orbit.

Its just that the barycenter is inside the more massive object when one is much more massive than the other. Not that this makes much of a difference to anything.

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  • [–] 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Correct.

    I also believe that one of the criteria for a binary planet is that the barycenter is outside either body. Like Pluto/Charon.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Don't forget the other 3 bodies in the Pluto/Charon system

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    depends! do you wanna know how the system will evolve over long periods of time?

    ... then yes!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I just can't remember their names :-(

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I mean, sure, but that'd be like saying I'm pulling the earth towards me when I jump.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Pluto and it's biggest moon Charon about for the very center outside of each other. This means that you could build a space elevator directly between the surface of each of them and it would rotate around that point since they're also tightly locked.

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