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To: Paladin2
>>>> Charon is a minor orbiting body.... <<<<

Yeah, but it's like a bonus dwarf planet too. About as half as big as Pluto...

Pluto's moon Charon is over half the size of Pluto itself, leading astronomers to originally classify the Pluto-Charon system as a "double planet." They were also considered "binary planets" because the smaller Charon doesn't actually orbit around Pluto, rather Pluto and Charon orbit a common gravitational center (the "barycenter') located above Pluto's surface.

22 posted on 07/05/2016 7:51:16 PM PDT by 7MMmag ( bullets that spin and explode sold separately)
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To: 7MMmag

So call it a planet helper. Pluto has a heck-of-a-job keeping its orbit clean....


23 posted on 07/05/2016 7:52:54 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: 7MMmag
""barycenter')"

Here on Erf we call it "tides".

24 posted on 07/05/2016 7:54:41 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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