English Explanatory Dictionary

contact binary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A binary star whose component stars are in physical contact (share an upper atmosphere).
  2. A bilobated small Solar System body formed from two bodies that gravitated together and fused into one.

Word forms

contact binary contact binaries
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