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"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"

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[โ€“] niktemadur@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, Pluto and Charon noticeably orbit each other, the barycenter being fully outside of Pluto's surface.

[โ€“] Klear@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago

And Jupiter is so massive that its barycentre is (barely!) outside of the sun!