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Silver Falcon posted:The usage being, in this case, that instead of Charon being Pluto's moon, they would both be considered dwarf planets circling each other. Neither is a moon of the other; they're equals. Astronomy geek here, but the first is basically true, because the center point of mass for Pluto/Charon is between the two of them, the exact point is above each of their respective surfaces. The mass center of the Earth/Moon system is beneath the Earth's surface though. Pretty sure that's the biggest thing preventing the Earth and Moon from being classified as a binary system.
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