Astronomers discover a binary system with a period of 90 days. both stars have as mass twice of the sun. how far apart are the teo stars
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Astronomers discover a binary star system that has a period of 90 days. The binary star system consists of two equal-mass stars, each with a mass twice that of the sun, that rotate like a dumbbell about the center of mass at the midpoint between them. How far apart are the two stars?
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(II) Suppose that a binary-star system consists of two stars of equal mass. They are observed to be separated by 360 million $\mathrm{km}$ and take 5.7 Earth years to orbit about a point midway between them. What is the mass of each?
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