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
• Czech: dvojhvězda (cs)
• Danish: dobbeltstjerne
• Dutch: dubbelster (nl) f
• Finnish: kaksoistähti (fi)
• French: étoile binaire (fr)
• Galician: estrela binaria (gl) f
• German: Doppelstern (de) m
• Hungarian: kettőscsillag
• Icelandic: tvístirni (is)

• Ido: duopla stelo
• Irish: déréalta f
• Italian: stella binaria f
• Japanese: 連星 (ja) (れんせい, rensei)
• Portuguese: estrela binária f
• Russian: бина́рная звёздная систе́ма f (binárnaja zvjózdnaja sistéma), бина́рная звезда́ f (binárnaja zvezdá), двойна́я звезда́ f (dvojnája zvezdá)
• Serbo-Croatian: двојна звезда f, dvojna zvezda f, бинарна звезда f, binarna zvezda f
• Spanish: estrella binaria (es) f
• Swedish: dubbelstjärna (sv)
• Tamil: இரும விண்மீன் (ta) (iruma viṇmīṉ)

See also

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