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
Examples of 'eclipsing binary' in a sentence
eclipsing binary
Eclipse light curves of some eclipsing binary stars observed with this system are presented.
Chung-Uk Lee, Sung-Soo Park, Chun-Hwey Kim, Yong-Ik Byun 2003, 'A CONSTRUCTION OF A SEMI-AUTOMATIC TELESCOPE FOR ECLIPSE TIMING OBSERVATIONS OF ECLIPSINGBINARY STARS', Journal of Astronomy and Space Scienceshttp://ocean.kisti.re.kr/downfile/volume/kosss/OJOOBS/2003/v20n2/OJOOBS_2003_v20n2_143.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our thinking about eclipsing binary stars has undergone a tremendous change in the last decade.
Papageorgiou Athanasios, Catelan Márcio, Ramos Rodrigo Contreras, Drake Andrew J. 2017, 'Eclipsing binary stars in the era of massive surveys First results and future prospects',EPJ Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715202014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The package includes a capability for differentials correction optimization of eclipsing binary systems using synthetic photometry.
Albert P. Linnell 2012, 'The BINSYN Program Package', Journal of Astronomy and Space Scienceshttp://ocean.kisti.re.kr/downfile/volume/kosss/OJOOBS/2012/v29n2/OJOOBS_2012_v29n2_123.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Here, we predict the asteroseismic observables using the dynamical masses and radii from red-giants in eclipsing binary systems.
Themeßl Nathalie, Hekker Saskia 2017, 'Expected oscillation parameters for red giants from dynamical masses and radii', EPJ Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715205012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)