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Here's Why Jupiter Does Not Orbit Around The Sun

Jupiter, The biggest planet in our solar system. It is so massive that 1300 earths could fit inside of this planet. Jupiter is 2.5 times more massive than all the other planets in our solar system combined!

This is our tiny earth compared to the Jupiter:

Jupiter is so big that the center of gravity of the sun and Jupiter is outside of sun. Although extremely close to the surface of the sun.

So the sun and Jupiter both orbit around their center of gravity which is also known as barycenter.

Barycenter is the center of mass of two or more bodies that orbit one another and is the point about which the bodies orbit.

Technically Jupiter orbits around the barycenter of sun and Jupiter which is located outside of the sun.

So, Yes! Jupiter is so large that it doesn't orbit around the sun. Fascinating!

Now other planets in solar system are so small that barycenter of the sun and a planet like earth lies inside of the sun. (Also very near to the center of sun.)

So it looks like other planets are orbiting the center of the sun.

Source: Barycenter - Wikipedia

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