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Three types of binary stars.

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What did we find out?<br />

• When the <strong>stars</strong> are farther apart (a is increased)<br />

they move more slowly in their orbit.<br />

• Measuring the time it takes for the spectral lines<br />

to return to their starting wavelength gives us<br />

the orbital period

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