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overcontact binary
A close binary in which both stars have exceeded their Roche lobes, so that the system consists of a common, dumbbell-shaped envelope surrounding two stellar cores. Overcontact binaries are also often eclipsing binaries of the W Ursae Majoris star type.
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• TYPES OF STARS
• STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS
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