binary system
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The two asteroids orbit a shared center of mass in what scientists call a binary system.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026
Though he takes a minute to upbraid her, they’re obviously the show’s binary system, and Decker is in any case a cheery sort who takes things in stride — even prison, seemingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
EX Hydrae exists in a binary system alongside a normal main sequence star.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026
This strange new world orbits around two stars at once, which dance around each other in what astronomers call a binary system.
From Space Scoop ● May 6, 2025
The close pair is a binary system with a long period of revolution, estimated at about two hundred years.
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Garrett Putman Serviss
