Semidetached binary

ID: semidetached-binary

Semidetached binary by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-07
A semidetached binary has one component filling its Roche lobe while the other remains inside its own lobe. Algol binaries and most ordinary cataclysmic variables are examples.

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