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How close to each other do two stars have to be for one to steal material from the other?

Eddie Hackett, Tampa, Florida
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This ò??tidal mass transferò?? depends on the size of the donor sun relative to the binary separation and, to a lesser extent, the ratio of donor-to-accretor mass. For two stars of the same mass, if the donor starò??s radius exceeds 38 percent of the binary separation, the accretor will steal mass no matter the separation.

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