As jupiter or any planet orbits the sun the sun responds by


As Jupiter (or any planet) orbits the sun, the sun responds by orbiting in a much smaller “orbit” around their mutual center of mass.

a) At what distance from the center of the sun is the Sun-Jupiter center of mass?

b) What is the sun’s circular velocity around that center of mass?

c) If an alien civilization were observing our solar system (conveniently edge-on so they see the maximum velocity), how small a velocity would they need to be able to detect to infer the presence of Earth by observing the sun’s radial velocity?

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