Most extreme white dwarf binary system found with orbit of just five minutes
Most extreme white dwarf binary system found with orbit of just five minutes
16:19 09-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
An international team of astronomers has shown that the two stars in the binary HM Cancri definitely revolve around each other in a mere 5.4 minutes. This makes HM Cancri the binary star with by far the shortest known orbital period. It is also the smallest known binary.
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