Lecture- Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy
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Author: Edward E. Prather, Tim P. Slater, Jeff P. Adams, Gina Brissenden
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As an extrasolar planet orbits around a star, the gravitational attraction between the two objects causes the star to make a small orbit around the system’s center of mass. Which object travels in the largest orbit (circle one)?
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