Frequently Asked Questions for Astronomy 201

These questions relate to binary star systems.

• What categories of binary star do we identify?

• What is an eclipsing binary star?

• How do Kepler's Laws apply to binary stars?

• How is mass related to the radial velocity?

• What is a Roche lobe?

• What is mass transfer in a close binary system?

• What is nova?

• What are models of black hole binaries?

• The binary pulsar PSR 1913+16

• The "Black Widow" pulsar

• Binary black hole candidates

Link here to the Astro 101 binary star simulations.

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