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It's possible... sort of. The closest distance two identical planet-sized bodies in a hypothetical binary system can be together without destroying each other i
by orbital-decay 4y ago
It's possible... sort of. The closest distance two identical planet-sized bodies in a hypothetical binary system can be together without destroying each other is about 2.5 radii, which is pretty close and the other planet would take a noticeable chunk of the sky. At that distance they'd be very oblate and tidally locked to each other; not exactly a world friendly to biological life, and won't look like your picture either.