S Doradus Comparison Table

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S Doradus comparison table

Subject is part of has orbital period is an instance of is a kind of has definition

eclipsing binary close binary Eclipsing variables whose orbital plane lies so nearly in the line of sight that eclipses, as seen from the Earth, can occur and can be detected from their light curves.

S Doradus Dorado 40 years eclipsing binary A supergiant eclipsing binary (an Eta Carinae-type object) in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Subject	is part of	has orbital period	is an instance of	is a kind of	has definition
eclipsing binary				close binary	Eclipsing variables whose orbital plane lies so nearly in the line of sight that eclipses, as seen from the Earth, can occur and can be detected from their light curves.
S Doradus	Dorado	40 years	eclipsing binary		A supergiant eclipsing binary (an Eta Carinae-type object) in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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