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To: PapaBear3625

The earth would be a moon of Jupiter not the other way around.


7 posted on 10/29/2015 10:29:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

“The earth would be a moon of Jupiter not the other way around.”

Perhaps that is one way of looking at it, but you should realize the Moon/Luna does not orbit around the Earth. The Earth does not orbit around the Moon/Luna. They both orbit around a point in space known as the barycenter, where their gravitational forces equalize. It just so happens the barycenter for the Earth and the Moon/Luna is located near the Earth’s sea level.


15 posted on 10/29/2015 10:40:42 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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