barycenter
noun
- center of mass of two or more bodies that are orbiting each other, or the point around which they both or all orbit
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English bary- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrumder. Middle French centrebor. Middle English center English center English barycenter From bary- + center.
- The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
“the Earth–Moon barycenter”
- The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English bary- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrumder. Middle French centrebor. Middle English center English center English barycenter From bary- + center.
- To determine such a barycenter