Binary star statistics: the mass ratio d
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V. Trimble
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Article
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1987
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The distribution of mass ratios for a sample of common proper motion (CPM) binaries is determined and compared with that of 798 visual binaries (VB's) studied earlier, in hopes of answering the question: Can the member stars of these systems have been drawn at random from the normal initial mass fun