Squorlple@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoYou are in this solar system, but we do not grant you the rank of planetlemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1528arrow-down120
arrow-up1508arrow-down1imageYou are in this solar system, but we do not grant you the rank of planetlemmy.worldSquorlple@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThe central point that Pluto and Charon orbit about is also outside of Pluto. All other planets have the center point located within the planet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pluto-Charon_system-new.gif
minus-squareomega_x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThen that makes it the solar system’s first discovered Binary planets
The central point that Pluto and Charon orbit about is also outside of Pluto. All other planets have the center point located within the planet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pluto-Charon_system-new.gif
Then that makes it the solar system’s first discovered Binary planets