barycentre

mechanics

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orbit of Earth and Moon

  • near and far sides of Earth's Moon
    In Moon: Principal characteristics of the Earth-Moon system

    Called the barycenter, this point lies inside Earth about 4,700 km (2,900 miles) from its center. Also more accurately, it is the barycenter, rather than the center of Earth, that follows an elliptical path around the Sun in accord with Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The orbital…

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