A system of two stars in which one star revolves round the other or both revolve round a common centre.
〔天文〕双星
Example sentencesExamples
Neutron stars in binary star systems, however, can reverse this trend and speed up with the help from the companion star.
Most, though, are happy to have Manrique take them through an extended gamut of the things we'd seen at Kitt Peak: whatever planet's most prominent, some globular clusters, nebulae, a galaxy or two, binary stars, the moon.
In contrast, in a binary star system both components emit their own light, making possible much larger amplitudes in the variation of the total light received in our telescopes.
Near the geographic center of the galaxy was a binary star system called Theralia.
In a binary star system where one star is normal and the other is a black hole, ‘matter will flow off the star onto the black hole,’ Morgan said.
Definition of binary star in US English:
binary star
nounˈbīnərē ˌstär
Astronomy
A system of two stars in which one star revolves around the other or both revolve around a common center.
〔天文〕双星
Example sentencesExamples
Most, though, are happy to have Manrique take them through an extended gamut of the things we'd seen at Kitt Peak: whatever planet's most prominent, some globular clusters, nebulae, a galaxy or two, binary stars, the moon.
Near the geographic center of the galaxy was a binary star system called Theralia.
Neutron stars in binary star systems, however, can reverse this trend and speed up with the help from the companion star.
In a binary star system where one star is normal and the other is a black hole, ‘matter will flow off the star onto the black hole,’ Morgan said.
In contrast, in a binary star system both components emit their own light, making possible much larger amplitudes in the variation of the total light received in our telescopes.