Now, as in Hal's answer, the relative mass of the planet and its star does make the center of mass, the barycenter, of the planet-star system a point that is different from the center of mass of either body alone. This will cause the star to appear to wobble as its planet moves around it.
Gerrymander definition, U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible. U.S. Politics. to subject (a state, county, etc.) to a gerrymander.
1 Gerrymandering has been condemned because it violates two basic tenets of electoral apportionmentâcompactness and equality of size of constituencies. 2  Sometimes gerrymandering is defended as the only means of securing any representation for minority groups. It is argued that violating local boundaries in drawing districts is preferable to denying a politically cohesive group any voice in state government.