double star
noun
: two stars that appear near each other in the sky:
a
: two stars that are in very nearly the same line of sight but belong to separate star systems and may be very far apart
b
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The National Park Service recommends that visitors head to the amphitheater in the Skyland area or the Big Meadows area for the best chance to see star clusters, double stars, and the like.
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
Spica is actually a double star system around 250 light-years, or a little over 1,400 trillion miles, away from Earth.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025
Those 16 all orbit around the equatorial plane of their double star system — such orbits are said to be 'co-planar'.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2025
The analysis also paves the way for more supernova archaeology studies using other outbursts of double star systems.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
Spica is actually a double star system around 250 light-years, or a little over 1,400 trillion miles, away from Earth.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025
Those 16 all orbit around the equatorial plane of their double star system — such orbits are said to be 'co-planar'.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2025
The analysis also paves the way for more supernova archaeology studies using other outbursts of double star systems.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Double star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20star. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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