2 MATHEMATICAL EXPANSIONS OF THE ROCHE EQUIPOTENTIALS

Authors
MORRIS SL
Citation
Sl. Morris, 2 MATHEMATICAL EXPANSIONS OF THE ROCHE EQUIPOTENTIALS, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 106(696), 1994, pp. 154-155
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
ISSN journal
00046280 → ACNP
Volume
106
Issue
696
Year of publication
1994
Pages
154 - 155
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6280(1994)106:696<154:2MEOTR>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Two mathematical series are given for the radius r of the Roche equipo tential surface of a distorted binary star. It is shown that neither s eries is particularly accurate for very distorted (contact) systems.