Actually, because of Pluto and Charon's relative sizes, they orbit a common barycenter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_mass#Barycenter) point outside of both planets, so neither one really orbits around the other. It's been reclassified as a double planet system, which I think is really neat.
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Date: 16 Aug 2006 12:47 (UTC)-The Gneech
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Date: 16 Aug 2006 16:57 (UTC)Congrats to Pluto, and thanks for the link, Batty!
Have teh best
-=TK, space geek