binary system
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TOI-2267 consists of two stars locked in a close orbital dance, forming what astronomers call a compact binary system.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2025
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
It’s a binary system; a choice of extremes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
"The Didymos binary system is located in a near-Earth environment while the Dinkinesh system is located much farther away from Earth in the main asteroid belt," she added.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
It is virtually certain that RR Centauri is a case of an eclipsing binary system, and that the two stars are close together.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
