binary star

English

Noun

binary star (plural binary stars)

1. (astronomy) A stellar system in which two stars orbit around their center of mass; double star.

Synonyms

• binary, binary star system, binary system, double star, double star system

Translations

stellar system in which two stars orbit their center of mass

• Catalan: estrella binària (ca)
• Czech: dvojhvězda (cs)
• Danish: dobbeltstjerne (da)
• Dutch: dubbelster (nl)
• Esperanto: duuma stelo (eo)
• Finnish: kaksoistähti (fi)
• French: étoile binaire (fr)
• German: Doppelstern (de) m
• Hungarian: kettőscsillag (hu)
• Icelandic: tvístirni (is)

• Ido: duopla stelo (io)
• Irish: déréalta (ga) f
• Italian: stella binaria (it) f
• Japanese: 連星 (ja) (れんせい, rensei)
• Russian: бинарная звёздная система (binárnaja zvjózdnaja sistéma) f, бинарная звезда (binárnaja zvezdá) f, двойная звезда (dvojnája zvezdá) f
• Serbo-Croatian: двојна звезда (sh) (dvojna zvezda) f, бинарна звезда (sh) (binarna zvezda) f
• Spanish: estrella binaria (es) f
• Swedish: dubbelstjärna (sv)

See also

• multiple star
• multiple star system
• single star
• single star system
• star system
• trinary star
• triple star system