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Binary stars are a system of two stars rotating around their center of mass, as opposed to single stellar systems such as our solar system.

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Methods for calculating the orbital speed of a star in a binary system

As I understand it, to calculate the speed of rotation of a star in a binary system that is receeding, that is in the same plane as us (inclined at 0 degrees) the method is use the Doppler formula: Δλ …
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