• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    Does the sun actually travel in a straight line, or do the orbits of the planets wobble it, and to what extent?

    • rImITywR@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      Everything in the solar system (even the Son) orbit around the center of mass of everything in the solar system. This epicenter is just outside of the Son, on the side that Jupiter is. So the Son wobbles by a little bit more than 1 of its radii.

    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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      11 days ago

      Juipiter’s orbit wobbles it, as others said, the barycenter of the system is outside the sun’s radius, but the scale of the planets vs their orbits is so great such a small wobble is imperceptable if you can see multiple orbits.