Two Mathematical Expansions of the Roche Equipotentials
Abstract
Two mathematical series are given for the radius r of the Roche equipotential surface of a distorted binary star. It is shown that neither series is particularly accurate for very distorted (contact) systems. (SECTION: Stars)
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- February 1994
- DOI:
- 10.1086/133361
- Bibcode:
- 1994PASP..106..154M
- Keywords:
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- Companion Stars;
- Computational Astrophysics;
- Stars (Mathematics);
- Stellar Models;
- Equipotentials;
- Series Expansion;
- Stellar Gravitation;
- Stellar Rotation;
- Astrophysics;
- BINARIES: CLOSE