Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, orbits not the Sun directly but a point in empty space called the barycenter due to its immense mass, and it acts as a cosmic protector by using its powerful gravity to capture stray asteroids and comets before they can reach the inner planets.
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Jupiter is so massive that it [music] doesn't orbit the center of the Sun, but instead circles a point in empty [music] space called the barycenter. This gas giant acts as a cosmic protector [music] using its immense gravity to pull in stray asteroids and comets [music] before they can reach the inner planets.
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