Is Jupiter too big to orbit the Sun?

[Oganesson]

I read the Jupiter is so big that it doesn't really orbit the sun. Is that true?

 

[DrSteve]

Tell that to Juno

 

[Oganesson]

Tell that to Juno

I'm a mere human with a small yamada how am I supposed to do that?

 

[russ_watters]

Not really, no. However, what is true is that any two objects orbit their common center of mass, called the barycenter. For the Earth-Sun system, that's a point inside the Sun, but for the Jupiter-Sun system, that is a point just outside the sun:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycenter#Primary.E2.80.93secondary_examples

 

[Oganesson]

Not really, no. However, what is true is that any two objects orbit their common center of mass, called the barycenter. For the Earth-Sun system, that's a point inside the Sun, but for the Jupiter-Sun system, that is a point just outside the sun:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycenter#Primary.E2.80.93secondary_examples

Thank you my friend.

 

[DrSteve]

I'm a mere human with a small yamada how am I supposed to do that?

Juno the spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter.