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Same for earth and moon. The center is inside earth. But not that close to the center of the earth itself
Meanwhile, Pluto and Charon noticeably orbit each other, the barycenter being fully outside of Pluto's surface.
And Jupiter is so massive that its barycentre is (barely!) outside of the sun!