• of binary system are binary stars and binary asteroids, but brown dwarfs, planets, neutron stars, black holes and galaxies can also form binaries. A multiple...
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  • A binary number is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, a method for representing numbers that uses only two symbols...
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    A binary star or binary star system is a system of two stars that are gravitationally bound to and in orbit around each other. Binary stars in the night...
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  • theory Binary system (astronomy), a system of two celestial bodies on a mutual orbit Binary asteroid Binary star Contact binary Contact binary (asteroid)...
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    system used is often "0" and "1" from the binary number system. The binary code assigns a pattern of binary digits, also known as bits, to each character...
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    gender binary (also known as gender binarism) is the classification of gender into two distinct forms of masculine and feminine, whether by social system, cultural...
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  • (T-DNA) binary system is a pair of plasmids consisting of a T-DNA binary vector and a vir helper plasmid. The two plasmids are used together (thus binary) to...
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    A star system of two stars is known as a binary star, binary star system or physical double star. Systems with four or more components are rare, and...
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    Planets in binary star systems may be candidates for supporting extraterrestrial life. Habitability of binary star systems is determined by many factors...
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    A binary asteroid is a system of two asteroids orbiting their common barycenter. The binary nature of 243 Ida was discovered when the Galileo spacecraft...
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    bilobated, peanut-like overall shape. Contact binaries are distinct from true binary systems such as binary asteroids where both components are separated...
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  • A binary prefix is a unit prefix that indicates a multiple of a unit of measurement by an integer power of two. The most commonly used binary prefixes...
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  • equivalent to 100 (the decimal system is implied in the latter) and represents the number one hundred, while (100)2 (in the binary system with base 2) represents...
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    intermediate-mass X-ray binary is the origin for Low-mass X-ray binary systems. A high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) is a binary star system that is strong in X...
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    which they do radiate, such as if they are a pulsar or a part of a binary system. Slow-rotating and non-accreting neutron stars are difficult to detect...
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    A binary pulsar is a pulsar with a binary companion, often a white dwarf or neutron star. (In at least one case, the double pulsar PSR J0737-3039, the...
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    In astronomy, a contact binary is a binary star system whose component stars are so close that they touch each other or have merged to share their gaseous...
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    A visual binary is a gravitationally bound binary star system that can be resolved into two stars. These stars are estimated, via Kepler's third law, to...
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  • Starflight (redirect from Binary Systems)
    exploration, combat, and trading role-playing video game created by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts in 1986. Originally developed for IBM...
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  • spectroscopic binary star or in a planetary system. It can be calculated from observable quantities only, namely the orbital period of the binary system, and the...
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  • A binary opposition (also binary system) is a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning. Binary opposition is the system of language...
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    2520 Kelvin. The survey revealed 540 planetary-mass objects, with 40 binary systems and 2 triplets among them. Each component has a mass between 0.7 and...
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    Be–white dwarf X-ray binary systems (BeWDs) are a rare type of X-ray binary consisting of a white dwarf that accretes matter from a rapidly-rotating Be...
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  • are close to the Solar System. It is thought that most black holes are solitary, but black holes in binary or larger systems are much easier to detect...
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  • Software developers and system designers widely use hexadecimal numbers because they provide a convenient representation of binary-coded values. Each hexadecimal...
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  • phone menu systems, which allow a simple path to any branch. A form of redundant binary representation called a binary signed-digit number system, a form...
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  • The skew binary number system is a non-standard positional numeral system in which the nth digit contributes a value of 2 n + 1 − 1 {\displaystyle 2^{n+1}-1}...
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    merger event of two smaller black holes. As of June 2020[update], the binary system 2MASS J05215658+4359220 was reported to host the smallest-mass black...
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  • point that is directly used by the operating system. The use of fat binaries is not common in operating system software; there are several alternatives to...
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    smaller component of the Sirius binary star. There are currently thought to be eight white dwarfs among the hundred star systems nearest the Sun. The unusual...
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