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Everything in the Solar System orbits the center of mass (it's rarely in the center of the Sun!)

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It's fair to say planets orbit the Sun, but that's not 100% true. The Sun holds 99.8% of the Solar System's mass, Jupiter contains most of what's left (Saturn a distant 2nd), and in this vid you'll see how Jupiter plays tug of war with the Sun. Everything orbits a center of mass! Imagery from: NASA / Hubble / Cassini / JHUAPL / SwRI / Solar System Scope processing under CC BY 4.0 NASA ephemeris data: #top

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