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Princeton's WordNet

  1. binary star, binary, double starnoun

    a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation

Wiktionary

  1. double starnoun

    Two stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a binary star.

  2. double starnoun

    Two stars that appear to be one when seen with the naked eye, either because they orbit one another (binary stars) or happen to be in the same line of sight even though they are separated by a great distance (optical binaries).

Wikipedia

  1. Double Star

    Double Star is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first serialized in Astounding Science Fiction (February, March, and April 1956) and published in hardcover the same year. It received the 1956 Hugo Award for Best Novel (his first).

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  1. double star

    A double star, also known as a binary star, is a system of two stars in which one star revolves around the other or both revolve around a common center. This phenomenon often appears to the naked eye as a single star but can be resolved into two separate entities through a telescope or other high-power observing instrument.

Wikidata

  1. Double Star

    Double Star is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first serialized in Astounding Science Fiction and published in hardcover the same year. At the 1957 Worldcon it received the Hugo Award for Best Novel of the previous year.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of double star in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of double star in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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