Sentences with phrase «mass eclipsing binary»

For low - mass eclipsing binary stars, the method of eclipse minimum timing allows astronomers to search for smaller masses than those feasible with radial velocity measurements.

Not exact matches

Among the undiluted binaries, planet - like eclipses may be caused by grazing EBs and the (central) eclipses of two stellar components with large ratios in area or surface brightness, typically due to a large mass ratio.

Specifically, eclipsing binary stars can be used to study the stellar mass - radius relationship and to test predictions of theoretical stellar evolution models.

We measure eclipse timing variations (ETVs), which are then combined with the single - lined radial velocity measurements to yield masses in a manner equivalent to double - lined spectroscopic binaries.