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written by Richard McCray and Andrew Koelemay
This applet demonstrates how one can infer the diameters and temperature of stars by measuring the brightness variations seen in an eclipsing binary star system. The applet displays binary stars eclipsing each other. The user can control the photospheric temperature and radius of each star, as well as the orbital radius and inclination. The applet also allows the user to simulate the effect of noisy data by setting the random error of measurement as a fraction of the total brightness of both stars. The simulation will continue to calculate the system brightness, averaging its results with the previous trials.

This is part of a larger collection of applets by STEM Colorado focused mostly on topics in astronomy.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.4.2_06 of Java.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Fundamentals
= Eclipses
- Stars
= Binary Stars
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Upper Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
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- Learners
- application/java
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© 2004 Richard McCray
Keywords:
binary stars, brightness, eclipse, light curve
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Metadata instance created August 29, 2008 by Alea Smith
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October 22, 2008 by Chris Irwin
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AIP Format
R. McCray and A. Koelemay, (2004), WWW Document, (http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/eclipsingbinaries/eclipsingbinaries.jnlp).
AJP/PRST-PER
R. McCray and A. Koelemay, STEM Colorado: Eclipsing Binaries (2004), <http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/eclipsingbinaries/eclipsingbinaries.jnlp>.
APA Format
McCray, R., & Koelemay, A. (2008, August 29). STEM Colorado: Eclipsing Binaries. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/eclipsingbinaries/eclipsingbinaries.jnlp
Chicago Format
McCray, Richard, and Andrew Koelemay. STEM Colorado: Eclipsing Binaries. August 29, 2008. http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/eclipsingbinaries/eclipsingbinaries.jnlp (accessed 29 March 2024).
MLA Format
McCray, Richard, and Andrew Koelemay. STEM Colorado: Eclipsing Binaries. 2004. 29 Aug. 2008. 29 Mar. 2024 <http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/eclipsingbinaries/eclipsingbinaries.jnlp>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Author = "Richard McCray and Andrew Koelemay", Title = {STEM Colorado: Eclipsing Binaries}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {29 March 2024}, Month = {August 29, 2008}, Year = {2004} }
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%0 Electronic Source %A McCray, Richard %A Koelemay, Andrew %D August 29, 2008 %T STEM Colorado: Eclipsing Binaries %V 2024 %N 29 March 2024 %8 August 29, 2008 %9 application/java %U http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/eclipsingbinaries/eclipsingbinaries.jnlp


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