binary system

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The two asteroids, called a binary system, orbit the sun every two years along an egg-shaped path that stretches out near Mars and back around near Earth.

From New York Times

Astronomers call those two asteroids a binary system, where one is a mini-moon to the other.

From Seattle Times

Tuthill says there are secondary targets that could be examined after Alpha Centauri, also with the Toliman telescope, namely other nearby binary systems such as 61 Cygni, which is 11 light-years away.

From Scientific American

They have been found in binary systems paired with white dwarfs, having survived potential engulfment by the white dwarf’s previous red giant form.

From Scientific American

When two galaxies collided and merged — an especially common event in the earlier universe — their central black holes would meet and form a binary system, two black holes circling each other.

From New York Times