Wednesday, 10 February 2010

orbit - What is the centre of rotation of Pluto?

As StephenG stated, this is not the reason why Pluto is no longer a planet.



The center of rotation of the two bodies is called the barycenter. It can be calculated with accuracy, knowing the mass of the two bodies and the distance separating them. See :



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The little ring around Pluto in the center describes its path. The barycenter of this binary system is on the opposite side of the ring, starting from Pluto.

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