contact binary
C19216
concept
A contact binary is a close binary star system in which both stars fill or overflow their Roche lobes and share a common envelope, effectively touching or merging atmospheres.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| contact binary canonical | 2 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: contact binary
Generated description
A contact binary is a close binary star system in which both stars fill or overflow their Roche lobes and share a common envelope, effectively touching or merging atmospheres.
Instances (2)
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Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth
surface form:
Arrokoth
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asteroid 4179 Toutatis
surface form:
4179 Toutatis
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