In astronomy, the distance to a visual binary star may be estimated from the masses of its two components, the angular size of their orbit, and the period of their orbit about one another. A dynamical parallax is an (annual) parallax which is computed from such an estimated distance.
In astronomy, the distance to a visual binary star may be estimated from the masses of its two components, the angular size of their orbit, and the period of their orbit about one another. A dynamical parallax is an (annual) parallax which is computed from such an estimated distance.
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