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___a graph that displays variations in the brightness of a star or other astrono

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___a graph that displays variations in the brightness of a star or other astronomical object over time a pair of stars that appear to be near each other but are unbound____a large, cool star of high luminosity____two stars revolving about each other; a double star___the class of double stars in which the two components can be resolved through a telescope___a low-mass stellar remnant that has exhausted all its thermonuclear fuel and contracted to a size roughly equal to the size of earth___the rate at which electromagnetic radiation is emitted from a star or other object___a star of very high luminosity____the class of binary stars that can be detected by monitoring the Doppler shifts of their spectral lines as they orbit each other, may be single or double line___when the orbital plane of the pair of stars is almost edge-in to our line of sight Binary star eclipsing binary light curve luminosity optical double red giant spectroscopic binary supergiant visual binary white dwarf

Explanation / Answer

1 c

2 e

3 j

4 a'

5 i

6 f

7 d

8 h

9 g

10 b