Light curve of the week: tidally distorted EB
- noraeisner
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min read
This week we have an EB where the two stars get so close to one another that their gravitational pull distorts their shapes, changing it from a sphere to a rugby-ball type shape. The increase in surface area from this results in an increase in observed flux after the primary eclipse. If you look carefully you can also see a small secondary eclipse!

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