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eclipsing binary
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e·clips·ing binary  (-klpsng)
n.
A binary star whose components pass in front of each other, thereby causing a regular eclipse of one of the stars.
eclipsing binary, variable
n
(Astronomy) a binary star whose orbital plane lies in or near the line of sight so that one component is regularly eclipsed by its companion See also variable star
eclipsing binary  (-klpsng)
See under binary star.
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Middleton continued his collaboration with Smits by doing further observations of W UMa-type eclipsing binaries from Kyalami in Johannesburg.
University of South Africa: Department of Mathematical Sciences--2008 ... by Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa
Eclipsing binaries: observational challenges Mr Loughney highlighted the eclipsing binaries W Ser, RZ Cas, U Cep, VW Cep, BV Dra, and AW UMa, describing both visual observations and unfiltered photometry using a digital SLR camera.
Report of the joint meeting of the American Association of Variable ... by Taylor, Melvyn / Journal of the British Astronomical Association
A further seventeen papers address eclipse-related issues of extra-solar physics, including solar and stellar eclipse mapping, line profiles during eclipse of binary stars, classification of eclipsing binaries, photometric and spectroscopic studies of the eclipsing binary, the light curve variation of the Be Star EM Cep, and determination of physical parameters of cataclysmic variables from analysis of their light curves.
Solar and stellar physics through eclipses; proceedings by SciTech Book News
 
 
 
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