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minus-squareuntorquer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 hours agoAll the solar system matter contributes to an object’s orbital center but that’s constantly moving as the system moves. I think (?) most planets have their barycenter inside the sun’s surface The gravitational pull of system matter pales in comparison to the sun so you don’t need to consider it for amateur purposes. You can try KSP (Vanilla) versus Kopernicus mod if you want to feel the difference. Also called n-body
All the solar system matter contributes to an object’s orbital center but that’s constantly moving as the system moves.
I think (?) most planets have their barycenter inside the sun’s surface
The gravitational pull of system matter pales in comparison to the sun so you don’t need to consider it for amateur purposes.
You can try KSP (Vanilla) versus Kopernicus mod if you want to feel the difference.
Also called n-body