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Contact binary
Selasa, 2025-11-18 22:40:05

A binary system whose stars share an envelope may also be called an overcontact binary. The term "contact binary" was introduced by astronomer Gerard...

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VFTS 352
Jumat, 2026-08-07 13:17:14

Magellanic Cloud. It is the most massive and earliest spectral type overcontact system known. The discovery of this O-type binary star system made use...

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V523 Cassiopeiae
Rabu, 2026-08-05 05:47:37

system located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It is classified as an overcontact binary of the W Ursae Majoris (W UMa) type. It has one of the shortest...

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MACHO*05:34:41.3−69:31:39
Senin, 2025-10-20 15:09:14

supergiant and an O6 V main-sequence star. It is a rare example of an overcontact binary with a short orbital period. The system is notable for its high...

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W Ursae Majoris variable
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 16:56:04

connecting neck, although astronomer Robert E. Wilson argues that the term "overcontact" is more appropriate. The class is divided into two subclasses: A-type...

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Musca
Senin, 2026-03-02 01:40:45

Sun. The stars are so close that they are in contact with each other (overcontact binary) and are classed as a Beta Lyrae variable as their light varies...

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NGC 6383
Minggu, 2025-12-28 19:55:52

2006), "Orbital period investigations of two short-period early-type overcontact binaries BH Cen and V701 Sco in two extremely young galactic clusters...

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AH Virginis
Rabu, 2026-04-22 02:49:08

close to its Roche lobe. The evidence now suggests that they are an overcontact system. The orbital period is showing an increase over time of (2.1869±0...

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V1191 Cygni
Senin, 2025-05-12 01:59:25

V1191 Cygni is the variable star designation for an overcontact binary star system in the constellation Cygnus. First found to be variable in 1965, it...

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Tau Canis Majoris
Rabu, 2026-05-13 23:48:31

share a common envelope, systems with such a characteristic are called overcontact binaries. The properties of the minor components of the τ CMa grouping...

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TU Muscae
Rabu, 2026-02-04 23:42:15

Sun. The stars are so close that they are in contact with each other (overcontact binary) and are classed as a Beta Lyrae variable as their light varies...

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Robert E. Wilson (astrophysicist)
Selasa, 2026-05-05 00:32:34

set of four morphological types of binaries – detached, semi-detached, overcontact, and double contact, which originated with Zdenek Kopal's definitions...

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AB Andromedae
Jumat, 2026-02-20 00:35:23

short period magnetic cycles in W UMa stars. Period analysis of five overcontact systems.", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 441 (3): 1087–1097, arXiv:astro-ph/0507228...

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EQ Tauri
Senin, 2026-05-18 18:01:52

(January 2015), "New light curve analysis and period changes of the overcontact binary EQ Tauri", New Astronomy, 34: 262–265, Bibcode:2015NewA...34....

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