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Consider a binary star system of star and star with masses and revolving in a circular orbit of radii and respectively. If and are the time period of star and star respectively, then:
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1) From the centre of mass, we get
2) Force acting on both starts i.e. gravitational force and centripetal force are balanced.
As we know,
Substituting equation 3 in equation 2, we get
From equation 1, we conclude in eqution 4
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