stellar companion

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stellar
adjective
uk
/ˈstel.ər/us
/ˈstel.ɚ/
of a star ...
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companion
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpæn.jən/us
/kəmˈpæn.jən/
a person you spend a lot of time with often because you are friends or because you are ...
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(Definition ofstellarandcompanionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The massive accretion disc may also result in the collapse of a star, becoming astellarcompanionto the neutron star.
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Instead, in 2007, a closestellarcompanionwas likely discovered.
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There is a close orbitingstellarcompanionof unknown type, with a third component at an angular separation of 5.7 arcseconds.
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This is not a binary star system in the sense of having a gravitationally-boundstellarcompanion.
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Density distribution would determine what could form: either a planetary system or astellarcompanion.
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Ankaa has a smallstellarcompanion, about which little is known.
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No additionalstellarcompanionhas been detected in tight orbit or imaged around the subdwarf star.
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The source may be astellarcompanion: either a star that has not yet reached the main sequence or a small, low-temperature star.
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In 1968, this star was classified as a spectroscopic binary, indicating that it has an orbitingstellarcompanionwith a period of 3.68 days and an orbital eccentricity of 0.45.
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An additional linear trend in the radial velocity data was noticed in 2006 that could have been due to another planet or to thestellarcompanion.
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Such stars display an atmospheric overabundance of carbon and the heavy elements produced by the s-process, which was most likely transferred into the atmosphere by a wide binarystellarcompanion.
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These variations are much smaller than those seen with stellar companions and are only detectable with extremely accurate observations.
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