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Re:Researcher discovers another astronomy book written by Ga... by triknomeister on Thursday October 13, 2022 @03:44AM (#33188340)
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.
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Re:Researcher discovers another astronomy book written by Ga... by cygx on Thursday October 13, 2022 @04:00AM (#33188453)
It'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...

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