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hard binary

درین ِ سخت

dorin-e saxt

Fr.: binaire dur

In → stellar dynamics studies of → three-body encounters, a → binary system whose → binding energy far exceeds the → kinetic energy of the relative motion of an incoming third body. In such an encounter, a hard binary is likely to get harder and transfer energy to the incoming star, whereas a → soft binary is likely to be disrupted.

See also: → hard; → binary.

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