triple star

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Three stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a trinary star.
Three stars that appear to be one when seen with the naked eye, either because they orbit one another (trinary stars) or happen to be in the same line of sight even though they are separated by a great distance.

triple star triple stars

trinary trinary star triple star system trinary star system

double star quadruple star multiple star star system

triple star system

Esperanto: triobla stelo Hindi: त्रितारा Irish: tríréalta Polish: gwiazda potrójna Russian: тройна́я звезда́

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