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| Aug 4, 2015 at 16:15 | comment | added | ProfRob | @KyleOman Yes, there are even (compact star) binaries with periods of minutes. They didn't form that way and neither did W UMa. IM Mon is detached I think (for the moment). | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 15:57 | comment | added | Kyle Oman | W UMa has an orbital period of ~8 hours, which puts it at closer separation than IM Mon (well, both are likely contact binaries, hard to get closer than that). +1, of course :) | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 23:39 | comment | added | Floris | Excellent answer. I am very happy to see it just lifted your rep over 20k - congratulations. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 22:57 | history | edited | ProfRob | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 31, 2015 at 22:38 | history | answered | ProfRob | CC BY-SA 3.0 |