D is for Double Star

Double star is two stars that seem to appear close to one another in the sky. Some are even true binaries (two stars that revolve around each other; another just appeared together from the earth because they are both in the same line-of- site.

Information from Zoom Astronomy Dictionary.

A double star looks like two stars that are rotating around each other. At first they look like they are rotating around each other from a far distance. Then double star looks like they are rotating around each other so close the two stars look like they can almost touch each other. Found information at Zoom Astronomy Dictionary.

This web page was created by Jordan a student at Briggs Elementary School on November 29, 2005. I found this information at Zoom Astronomy Dictionary