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

The new research found that the impact also expelled enough material from the binary system to slightly alter its path around the Sun.

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

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

This planet was just a scientific curiosity; it was and is still the only planet of a binary system with a native population of sapient beings.

From Oomphel in the Sky by Piper, H. Beam