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The Concept of Star Multiplicity and its Historical Evolution

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Wide Components in Double and Multiple Stars

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Great technical improvements have been achieved during latest decades in binary star research (angular resolution, photometry, radial velocities). Consequently, there is now a significant overlapping among the traditional groups. Furthermore, we can tackle the study of couples where the companion is a submassive object.

More attention is now devoted to multiple systems, their structure and evolutionary story.

The scenario is now ready for a new insight into the problem of formation and evolution of stars.

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  1. Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Italia

    M. G. Fracastoro

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  1. Department of Astrometry, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium

    J. Dommanget

  2. Department of Astrophysics, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium

    E. L. Van Dessel

  3. Department of Astronomy, University of Manchester, England

    Z. Kopal

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Fracastoro, M.G. (1988). The Concept of Star Multiplicity and its Historical Evolution. In: Dommanget, J., Van Dessel, E.L., Kopal, Z. (eds) Wide Components in Double and Multiple Stars. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2987-6_3

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