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Keywords: Revolve, Star, Orbit, Mass, Dwarf
A star system in which two or more stars orbit each other around a center of mass. They can share material between themselves.
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Two stars that revolve about each other.
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A binary star are two stars rotating around a common center of mass. About half of the stars in the sky are binary systems.
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Two stars that orbit around a common center of mass. An X-ray binary is a special case where one of the stars is a collapsed object such as a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole. In an X-ray binary, the separation between the stars is small enough so that matter is transferred from the normal star to the collapsed star, producing X-rays in the process.
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A double star system; two (or more) stars revolving about a common center of gravity
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Pairs of stars that orbit around their common center of mass
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