Sentences with phrase «binary planet»

They even found an example of binary planets where two planets orbit each other in the absence of a parent star.

We think binary planets are common in the galaxy, just as we know that binary stars are common in the galaxy, and we have even begun to find binary asteroids.

New observations reveal a rare binary planet system made of two gas giants four times as massive as Jupiter that likely formed in the breakup of a protostar 10 million years ago

The study, published in the June 4 issue of the journal Nature, describes a system dominated by Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, which together form a «binary planet.»

In contrast to these seemingly random rotational motions, the moons follow a surprisingly predictable pattern as they orbit the binary planet formed by Pluto and Charon.

The third theme is that Pluto and its moon, Charon, which is half Pluto's size, constitute a binary planet.

All that mass yanks Pluto around a point that's above the planet's surface, leading some to argue that the duo should be classified as a «binary planet.»

One possibility was that the object had a peculiar spectrum simply from its youth, and that this had nothing to do with it being a binary, but the other tantalizing possibility was it was a binary planet, with one component being slightly warmer than the team derived from their analysis and the other component slightly cooler.