What is the barycenter?
A) the center of mass of the Earth-Moon system
B) the halfway point between Earth and the Moon
C) the center of mass of the Earth-Sun-Moon system
D) the closest distance from Earth to the Moon when it was first formed, before it began spiraling away
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