Upon What Data Do Measurements of Sizes of Eclipsing Binaries

question 14

Multiple Choice

Upon what data do measurements of sizes of eclipsing binaries depend?

• A) Their orbital periods and separations
• B) Their masses and luminosities
• C) Their Doppler shifts and durations of stages of their eclipses
• D) Their temperatures and speeds
• E) Their temperatures and masses

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