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What is a double planet?

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Heaven Hall

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4y ago
Updated: 12/2/2020

Two planets orbiting each other.

The barycenter of the planets must not lie within either planet but must be in free space between them. (The planets orbit a central point as opposed to a planet-sattelite configuration where one body orbits another)

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