contact binary

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Noun[edit]

contact binary (plural contact binaries)

  1. (astronomy) A binary star whose component stars are in physical contact (share an upper atmosphere).
  2. (astronomy) A bilobated small Solar System body formed from two bodies that gravitated together and fused into one.

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