Barycenter vs. Barycentre — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Barycenter and Barycentre
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Barycenter
In astronomy, the barycenter (or barycentre; from the Ancient Greek βαρύς heavy κέντρον center) is the center of mass of two or more bodies that orbit one another and is the point about which the bodies orbit. A barycenter is a dynamical point, not a physical object.
Barycentre
The point at the centre of a system; an average point, weighted according to mass or other attribute. The term is usually used in astronomy for the centre of mass about which a system rotates, for example, the moon and the earth rotate about a common point within the earth but not near the centre. Jupiter and the Sun rotate about a common point just outside the surface of the Sun.
Barycenter
See center of mass.
Barycenter
(physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
The Earth–Moon barycenter
Barycenter
(geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
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Barycenter
To determine such a barycenter
Barycenter
The point representing the mean position of the matter in a body.
Barycenter
(astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve
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