It is in a tight binary orbit with a white dwarf, a less - dense type of stellar corpse, which weighs 0.172 times the mass of the sun. (newscientist.com)
When eclipsing binaries orbit each other closely, within about 10 days or less, Fleming and co-authors wondered, do tides — the gravitational forces each exerts on the other — have «dynamical consequences» to the star system? (sciencedaily.com)
When eclipsing binaries orbit each other closely, within about 10 days or less, the study authors wondered, do tides — the gravitational forces each exerts on the other — have «dynamical consequences» to the star system? (sci-news.com)