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Binary and variable stars

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Reading time
5 h
Olympiad problems
0
Part
Theory

What the chapter covers

Visual, spectroscopic and eclipsing binaries, mass functions, light and radial-velocity curves, variable stars and Cepheids.

Share of the marks. Binary and variable stars carry about 24% of the data-analysis marks in the official problem book, more than any other topic.

Entry check and chapter test

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