BINARY STAR SYSTEM

▸ Loading sample systems: Algol · Sirius A+B · cataclysmic variable · contact…
▸ Placing the two stars on orbits around the shared barycenter
▸ Building Roche lobes & the L1 Lagrange point
▸ Enabling the mass-transfer stream & accretion disk (Coriolis)…
▸ Calibrating the eclipsing light curve
▸ Ready — Online. ✅
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Simulation room Binary star system

Binary Star System
Online
barycenter · Roche · light curve
Selected system
👁️ Algol
System type—
Mass—
Temperature (gainer/donor)—
Period—
Brightness—
Magnitude drop—
Eclipse status
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Left-drag = rotate · right-drag = pan · scroll = zoom · click a STAR = Roche lobe
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Light curve — total brightness over time (dip = eclipse) brightness
About Binary Star System

Binary Star System is one of 20 topics in the Space domain (10²⁶ m scale) at My Labs — an interactive simulation atlas. This virtual lab runs right in your browser: adjust the parameters, pick a scenario and watch the phenomenon change in real time, with a click-to-inspect cross-section for every structure.

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