Physics Zone Lesson: Earth-Moon Orbit

A misconception in the relationship between the Earth and the Moon is that the Moon revolves around the Earth.  This is not quite right.  The Moon and the Earth actually move around or orbit their common center of mass which is called the barycenter.  As you can see in the animation below, the barycenter,shown as the red dot, ...

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