SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY


Meaning of SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY in English

Astron.

a binary star having components that are not sufficiently separated to be resolved by a telescope, known to be a binary only bythe variations in wavelength of emitted light that are detected by a spectroscope. Cf. visual binary .

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