THE INFLUENCE OF MASS LOSS IN THE ECCENTRICITY OF DOUBLE STAR ORBITS

J.A. Docobo, C. Prieto and J. F. Ling

Astronomical Observatory "Ramon Maria Aller", University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain


In this communication the attention is payed to the influence of mass loss in large timescales on binary star orbits, in particular on their eccentricities. The known Eddington-Jeans law does not predict the eccentricity's secular increase despite the cases of periodical variations with large oscillations may exist. The common law proposed by Chiara when the secular increase of eccentricity is producing due to mass loss variation inversely proportional to distance square is also considered.


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