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Binary Stars

Published on Dec 08, 2015

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BINARY STARS

BY: CAMERON AND ETHAN

What are binary stars? Binary stars are a pair of stars that orbit each other.

The law that Binary stars follow are Keplers 3 Laws of Motion and to find the mass of the two stars you have to use a formula similar to p^2=a^3.

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The first person to discover binary stars was William Hershel

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What is visual binary? It is two stars that are in contact with each other.

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What is an Astronomic Binary? Its is when a star is to faint to see.

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To find the masses of binary stars you find what the ratio is.

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The Apparent Relative Orbit is the relationship between a fainter star and a brighter star.

What is the difference between Binary Stars and Optical Doubles?

The two most famous Binary Stars are Sirus A and Sirus B

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What is Double Line Spectroscopic Binary?

The eclipse that is darkest during a period is called Primary Minimum

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Mass luminosity relation is categorizing stars based on there size and
luminosity.

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