bàn
xīng

technical

Meaning of 伴星

伴星 means companion star; the fainter star in a binary system that orbits the primary star. Pronounced bàn xīng.

  • companion star; the fainter star in a binary system that orbits the primary star

Definitions & Examples

Tiān
láng
xīng
yǒu
bái
ǎi
xīng
zuò
wéi
de
bàn
xīng
 

Sirius has a white dwarf as its companion star.

Hěn
duō
héng
xīng
dōu
shì
de
 
ér
shì
yōng
yǒu
bàn
xīng
 

Many stars are not isolated but have companion stars.

xué
jiā
tōng
guò
guān
bàn
xīng
de
yùn
dòng
lái
tuī
duàn
zhǔ
xīng
de
zhì
liàng
 

Scientists infer the mass of the primary star by observing the motion of its companion.

Zhè
duì
shuāng
xīng
zhōng
 
bàn
xīng
de
liàng
zhǐ
yǒu
zhǔ
xīng
de
shí
fēn
zhī
 

In this binary pair, the companion star is only one-tenth as bright as the primary.

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Primary
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