GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -As a unit, the solar system has a center of mass, its balancing point. At this point, the system would balance like a spinning plate atop a circus performer’s balancing stick. This point, called the barycenter, is the exact point about which all the bodies in the solar system orbit.

Detailed explanation-2: -In astronomy, the barycenter (or barycentre; from Ancient Greek (barús) ‘heavy’, and (kéntron) ‘center’) is the center of mass of two or more bodies that orbit one another and is the point about which the bodies orbit.

Detailed explanation-3: -The barycenter is the point in space around which two objects orbit. For the Moon and Earth, that point is about 1000 miles (1700 km) beneath your feet, or about three-quarters of the way from the Earth’s center to its surface.