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> Sun Jupiter is my argument for why a planet shouldn't be defined only by barycenter location.

But Jupiter doesn't sustain nuclear fusion so it can't be considered in the same category as the sun. If it was a red/brown dwarf, then we would be in a binary system and that'd be a different story entirely.



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