Re: Planets and Moons

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:13:49 -0500, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:

>
> I think I read somewhere, perhaps in one of the replies to this thread, that
> it _is_ possible-- the two planets have to orbit a common point, which in
> turn orbits their sun...but I suspect it requires some fairly heavy
> math/physics to figure out.
I've read this as well. If the two are smilar in size and mass, then
you'd get them orbiting a common center of gravity. That would lead to
some interesting days and nights, I suppose!


> Indeed. I've kinda come to the conclusion that these lessons are best
> thought of as "Astronomy for Fun" ("...for dummies" maybe accurate, but just
> doesn't sound very nice). Still, they're helpful and instructive.
It's funny how when I'm not in school, I can figure out the algebra
here. I guess because it's explained well enough for non-math or
science people.

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