# Binary planets? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binary-planets/725519 **Category:** Factual Questions **Created:** [July 18, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binary-planets/725519 "2015-07-18T14:34:43Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![Dana\_Scully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@Dana\_Scully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dana_Scully) #### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binary-planets/725519/1 "2015-07-18T14:34:43Z")
The recent fly-by of Pluto by New Horizons got me to wondering: have any binary planets ever been discovered? I know that Pluto and its moon Charon are quite close together and I wondered if anyone has ever measured to see if they’re orbiting each other in a binary system, rather than as a moon orbiting a planet. And whether or not it’s true of Pluto and Charon, is it possible for two planets to orbit each other? Anyone? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binary-planets/725519)._