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  • 10 - Using Binary Systems to Determine Masses and Radii

  • from Part I - Stellar Properties
  • Stan Owocki, University of Delaware
  • Book:
    Fundamentals of Astrophysics
    Published online:
    10 November 2025
    Print publication:
    24 July 2025, pp 59-68

  • Summary

    It turns out that stellar binary (and even triple and quadruple) systems are quite common. In Chapter 10 we show how we can infer the masses of stars through the study of stellar binary systems. For some systems, where the inclination of orbits can be determined unambiguously, we can infer the masses of the stellar components, as well as the distance to the system. Together with the observed apparent magnitudes, this also gives the associated luminosities of their component stars.

  • 10 - Using Binary Systems to Determine Masses and Radii

  • from Part I - Stellar Properties
  • Stan Owocki, University of Delaware
  • Book:
    Fundamentals of Astrophysics
    Published online:
    08 October 2021
    Print publication:
    03 June 2021, pp 59-68

  • Summary

    It turns out that stellar binary (and even triple and quadruple) systems are quite common. In Chapter 10 we show how we can infer the masses of stars, through the study of stellar binary systems. For some systems, where the inclination of orbits can be determined unambiguously, we can infer the masses of the stellar components, as well as the distance to the system. Together with the observed apparent magnitudes, this also gives the associated luminosities of their component stars.