Class: EllipsoidalVariableStar

Ellipsoidal Variable Star

•owl:Thing
        •AstrObject
                •CompoundObject
                        •MultipleStar
                                •DoubleStar
                                        •EllipsoidalVariableStar
                •VariableObject
                        •RotationallyVariableObject
                                •EllipsoidalVariableStar

Super Classes

RotationallyVariableObject
DoubleStar

Annotations

misc:descriptionRotating ellipsoidal variables (b Per, Alpha Vir). These are close binary systems with ellipsoidal components, which change combined brightnesses with periods equal to those of orbital motion because of changes in emitting areas toward an observer, but showing no eclipses. Light amplitudes do not exceed 0.1 mag in V.
simbad:nameRotV*Ell
simbad:shortCodeEl*
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