{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Contact binary - Newikis","description":"In astronomy, a contact binary is a binary star system whose component stars are so close that they touch each other or have merged to share their gaseous envelopes. A binary system whose stars share an envelope may also be called an overcontact binary. The term \"contact binary\" was introduced by…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/An_artist%E2%80%99s_impression_of_the_hottest_and_most_massive_touching_double_star.jpg/1280px-An_artist%E2%80%99s_impression_of_the_hottest_and_most_massive_touching_double_star.jpg","thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_height":800}