Editing Binary star (section)

=== Center-of-mass animations ===
{{Main|Barycenter}}
The red cross marks the center of mass of the system. These images do not represent any specific real system.

{| class="wikitable" width=480
|valign=top|[[File:orbit1.gif|160px]]<br/>(a) Two bodies of similar mass orbiting around a common center of mass, or ''barycenter''
|valign=top|[[File:orbit2.gif|160px]]<br/>(b) Two bodies with a difference in mass orbiting around a common barycenter, like the Charon–Pluto system
|-
|valign=top|[[File:orbit3.gif|160px]]<br/>(c) Two bodies with a major difference in mass orbiting around a common barycenter (similar to the [[Earth–Moon system]])
|valign=top|[[File:orbit4.gif|160px]]<br/>(d) Two bodies with an extreme difference in mass orbiting around a common barycenter (similar to the [[Sun–Earth system]])
|-
|valign=top colspan=2|[[File:orbit5.gif|320px]]<br/>(e) Two bodies with similar mass orbiting in an [[ellipse]] around a common barycenter
|}