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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The barycenter of the Earth-Moon system sits well within Earth's radius. There is no definition under which the Earth-Moon system is considered binary

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The barycentre of Sun-Jupiter system is outside of the Sun half the time. It's a really bad metric for determining that, as it depends on the distance between two bodies and not just on their relative masses.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Except Jupiter is very clearly not a star. It's an order of magnitude off of the mass required for fusion.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who said anything about fusion? I thought the only thing that matters is the position of the barycentre, as you insisted?

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You seriously can't really be this fucking stupid. Am I getting punked?

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 months ago

Ah, you're just here to insult people. Good day, then.