Stellar Characteristics Learned from Studing Binary Stars |
Star Mass Show the Mass Luminosity Relation, Show H-R Diagram and discuss how stellar evolution is driven by mass. Link to H-R Diagram web site. |
Discuss visual binaries and the combination of Newton's Laws and Kepler's Laws. |
Discuss how the contact times can be used to determine star diameters. |
Star Diameters Show a diagram of primary eclipse for a totally eclipsing binary probably SS Boo Include a link to ASTR 1020 Lab 14 |