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Maybe the Earth is the moon of the Moon????
Comment by mtnagel78 at 03/07/2024 at 15:29 UTC
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Lol. That is an interesting point of view, though. The Earth obviously has more mass than the moon, but technically the Earth and Moon orbit around a common point called the barycenter. I don't remember where the barycenter is, I think it's close to or inside the Earth, but that does make your question an interesting one! I think we say the moon orbits the Earth because it's the larger of the two masses, but since there is a common center of mass around which both bodies orbit, could a case be made that the Earth orbits around the moon? I think no, but it is a good and interesting question!