Consider the Sun and Its Largest Planet Jupiter

question 38

Essay

Consider the sun and its largest planet Jupiter. On the line joining them, how far from the center of the sun is their center mass? Is it within or outside the sun? (Jupiter-sun distance is 778 × 10⁶ km, diameter of the sun is 1.4 × 10⁶ km, the sun is 1000 times as massive as Jupiter)

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