File:Star fission common envelope.png

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English: This diagram suggests a reverse common envelope process for binary star formation. At some point in star formation, two cores, one for a main-sequence star (yellow) and the other for a red giant (gray) form within a common envelope. As mass transfer continues or decelerates, the red giant transfers to at or below its Roche lobe (dashed green line) and a partially stable binary is formed.
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6 August 2012

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current13:34, 1 October 2016Thumbnail for version as of 13:34, 1 October 20162,000 × 2,537 (185 KB)CmdrjamesonCompressed with pngout. Reduced by 148kB (44% decrease).
17:13, 6 August 2012Thumbnail for version as of 17:13, 6 August 20122,000 × 2,537 (334 KB)Marshallsumter